diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/unified_field_list/field_stats.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/unified_field_list/field_stats.ts
index 1a359c09f146b..5d41d412dbb06 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/unified_field_list/field_stats.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/unified_field_list/field_stats.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         expect(body.totalDocuments).to.eql(4634);
         expect(body.sampledDocuments).to.eql(100);
         expect(body.sampledValues).to.eql(100);
-        expect(body.topValues.buckets.length).to.eql(5);
+        expect(body.topValues.buckets.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
       });
 
       it('should return top values for index pattern runtime string fields', async () => {