diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/graphql/index.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/graphql/index.js
index e4cbc19674e9..d07e05416540 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/graphql/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/graphql/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }) {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const archive = 'uptime/full_heartbeat';
 
-  describe('graphql queries', () => {
+  describe('graphql', () => {
     before('load heartbeat data', async () => await esArchiver.load(archive));
     after('unload heartbeat index', async () => await esArchiver.unload(archive));
     // each of these test files imports a GQL query from
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/index.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/index.js
index cde44bd4f56d..eba67c5f9d50 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/index.js
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }) {
   const es = getService('es');
 
   describe('uptime', () => {
-    beforeEach(() =>
+    before(() =>
       es.indices.delete({
-        index: 'heartbeat',
+        index: 'heartbeat*',
         ignore: [404],
       }));