diff --git a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
index d53364ecdd18..8fa65369b021 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/index.js
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile, getPageObjects }) {
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_embed_mode'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_full_screen_mode'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_dashboard_filter_bar'));
-      loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_dashboard_filtering'));
+
+      // TODO: unskip when https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/20442 is fixed
+      //loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_dashboard_filtering'));
+
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_panel_expand_toggle'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_dashboard_grid'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_dashboard_snapshots'));