diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/proxy_api.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/proxy_api.js
index 45ce84cabcac9..5dc6b372ced70 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/proxy_api.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/proxy_api.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 export default function ({ getService }) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
 
-  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/81844
-  describe.skip('EMS proxy', () => {
+  describe('EMS proxy', () => {
     it('should correctly rewrite url and format', async () => {
       const resp = await supertest
         .get(`/api/maps/ems/files/v7.10/manifest`)
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
       //Check world-layer
       const worldLayer = resp.body.layers.find((layer) => layer.layer_id === 'world_countries');
       expect(worldLayer.formats.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
-      expect(worldLayer.formats[0].type).to.be('geojson');
+      expect(worldLayer.formats[0].type).to.be('topojson');
       expect(worldLayer.formats[0].url).to.be('file?id=world_countries');
     });
   });