diff --git a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/1_detectors.spec.js b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/1_detectors.spec.js
index 2480490ac..f9f59e561 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/1_detectors.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/1_detectors.spec.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const validateAlertPanel = (alertName) =>
     .eq(2)
     .within(() => cy.sa_getElementByText('button', alertName));
 
-const dataSourceLabel = 'Select or input source indexes or index patterns';
+const dataSourceLabel = 'Select indexes/aliases';
 
 const getDataSourceField = () => cy.sa_getFieldByLabel(dataSourceLabel);
 
diff --git a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
index 338d6341f..c8749e866 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ describe('Alerts', () => {
       .should('have.length', 1);
 
     // Filter the table to show only "Acknowledged" alerts
+    cy.get('[data-text="Status"]').click({ force: true });
     cy.get('[class="euiFilterSelect__items"]').within(() => {
       cy.contains('Active').click({ force: true });
       cy.contains('Acknowledged').click({ force: true });