diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
index 892359f901ffe5..f899d6760db026 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ export default function ({ getPageObject, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
       await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.expectSectionClosed('project_settings_project_nav');
 
-      // navigate to discover
-      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({ deepLinkId: 'discover' });
-      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({ deepLinkId: 'discover' });
-      await svlCommonNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({ deepLinkId: 'discover' });
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).contain('/app/discover');
+      // navigate to the logs explorer tab by default
+      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({ deepLinkId: 'observability-log-explorer' });
+      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
+        deepLinkId: 'observability-log-explorer',
+      });
+      await svlCommonNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
+        deepLinkId: 'observability-log-explorer',
+      });
+      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).contain('/app/observability-log-explorer');
 
       // check the aiops subsection
       await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.openSection('observability_project_nav.aiops'); // open ai ops subsection