diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
index 8f9dccf853e9e..a3b955f8fccee 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const esSupertest = getService('esSupertest');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['security', 'common', 'header', 'settings', 'watcher']);
 
-  // Failing: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/56014
-  describe.skip('watcher_test', function() {
+  describe('watcher_test', function() {
     before('initialize tests', async () => {
       // There may be system watches if monitoring was previously enabled
       // These cannot be deleted via the UI, so we need to delete via the API
@@ -34,7 +33,11 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       }
 
       await browser.setWindowSize(1600, 1000);
-      await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('watcher');
+      // TODO: Remove the retry.try wrapper once https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/55985 is resolved
+      retry.try(async () => {
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('watcher');
+        await testSubjects.find('createWatchButton');
+      });
     });
 
     it('create and save a new watch', async () => {