diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7.7.2_xpack_100k.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7.7.2_xpack_100k.test.ts
index 2a2b4d1e9c8e6..3cd7451e71014 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7.7.2_xpack_100k.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7.7.2_xpack_100k.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
 /** Number of SO documents dropped during the migration because they belong to an unused type */
 const UNUSED_SO_COUNT = 5;
 
-describe('migration from 7.7.2-xpack with 100k objects', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration from 7.7.2-xpack with 100k objects', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
   let coreStart: InternalCoreStart;
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_failed_action_tasks.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_failed_action_tasks.test.ts
index 8c59d16ecebf7..7575cc4c93dba 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_failed_action_tasks.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_failed_action_tasks.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await fs.unlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration from 7.13 to 7.14+ with many failed action_tasks', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration from 7.13 to 7.14+ with many failed action_tasks', () => {
   describe('if mappings are incompatible (reindex required)', () => {
     let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
     let root: Root;
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_transform_failures.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_transform_failures.test.ts
index 1ea48ead856d8..c186b4c0613ef 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_transform_failures.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_transform_failures.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await asyncUnlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration v2', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_unknown_types.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_unknown_types.test.ts
index 6922678d68f64..25698f9b63f68 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_unknown_types.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group1/7_13_0_unknown_types.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await fs.unlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration v2', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
   let startES: () => Promise<TestElasticsearchUtils>;
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/batch_size_bytes.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/batch_size_bytes.test.ts
index 9f820db3c58dd..a360fd4114d91 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/batch_size_bytes.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/batch_size_bytes.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ async function fetchDocuments(esClient: ElasticsearchClient, index: string) {
 
 const assertMigratedDocuments = (arr: any[], target: any[]) => target.every((v) => arr.includes(v));
 
-describe('migration v2', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
   let startES: () => Promise<TestElasticsearchUtils>;
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_target_mappings.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_target_mappings.test.ts
index caef926ea9417..4c0721eb04e6f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_target_mappings.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_target_mappings.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import {
 
 const logFilePath = Path.join(__dirname, 'check_target_mappings.log');
 
-describe('migration v2 - CHECK_TARGET_MAPPINGS', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2 - CHECK_TARGET_MAPPINGS', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
   let logs: string;
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/collects_corrupt_docs.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/collects_corrupt_docs.test.ts
index 64ef05753aa9f..2e78229709060 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/collects_corrupt_docs.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/collects_corrupt_docs.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await asyncUnlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration v2 with corrupt saved object documents', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2 with corrupt saved object documents', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/corrupt_outdated_docs.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/corrupt_outdated_docs.test.ts
index 34ec41a2a1703..b342882f468b3 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/corrupt_outdated_docs.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/corrupt_outdated_docs.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await asyncUnlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration v2 with corrupt saved object documents', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2 with corrupt saved object documents', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/outdated_docs.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/outdated_docs.test.ts
index 7a8b093489ab0..2c45dab10dff2 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/outdated_docs.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/outdated_docs.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ async function removeLogFile() {
   await asyncUnlink(logFilePath).catch(() => void 0);
 }
 
-describe('migration v2', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration v2', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/actions/actions.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/actions/actions.test.ts
index e0c09dd751901..7b90206b5e8ae 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/actions/actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/actions/actions.test.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ const { startES } = createTestServers({
 });
 let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
 
-describe('migration actions', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migration actions', () => {
   let client: ElasticsearchClient;
   let esCapabilities: ReturnType<typeof elasticsearchServiceMock.createCapabilities>;
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/migration_from_older_v1.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/migration_from_older_v1.test.ts
index 118ea76a13f21..f9918966e9576 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/migration_from_older_v1.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/migration_from_older_v1.test.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ async function fetchDocuments(esClient: ElasticsearchClient, index: string) {
     .sort(sortByTypeAndId);
 }
 
-describe('migrating from 7.3.0-xpack which used v1 migrations', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('migrating from 7.3.0-xpack which used v1 migrations', () => {
   const migratedIndex = `.kibana_${kibanaVersion}_001`;
   const originalIndex = `.kibana_1`; // v1 migrations index
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group5/active_delete_multiple_instances.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group5/active_delete_multiple_instances.test.ts
index bff36e29d08b5..f74c62734b288 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group5/active_delete_multiple_instances.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group5/active_delete_multiple_instances.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const dataArchive = Path.join(__dirname, '..', 'archives', '1m_dummy_so.zip');
 
 jest.setTimeout(24 * 3600 * 100);
 
-describe('multiple migrator instances running in parallel', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('multiple migrator instances running in parallel', () => {
   it.skip('enable and focus this test (it.skip => fit), and run it, in order to create a baseline archive', async () => {
     // generate DOCUMENTS_PER_TYPE documents of each type
     const documents: SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject[] = ['server', 'basic', 'deprecated', 'complex']
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group6/single_migrator_failures.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group6/single_migrator_failures.test.ts
index 67fcc7c29260b..bb6b47b3eb6e0 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group6/single_migrator_failures.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group6/single_migrator_failures.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import { getElasticsearchClientWrapperFactory } from '../elasticsearch_client_wr
 export const logFilePathFirstRun = Path.join(__dirname, 'dot_kibana_split_1st_run.test.log');
 export const logFilePathSecondRun = Path.join(__dirname, 'dot_kibana_split_2nd_run.test.log');
 
-describe('split .kibana index into multiple system indices', () => {
+// Failing 9.0 version update: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/192624
+describe.skip('split .kibana index into multiple system indices', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils['es'];
   let typeRegistry: ISavedObjectTypeRegistry;