diff --git a/.ci/es-snapshots/Jenkinsfile_verify_es b/.ci/es-snapshots/Jenkinsfile_verify_es
index ade79f27e10e96..2655ca1b48c18b 100644
--- a/.ci/es-snapshots/Jenkinsfile_verify_es
+++ b/.ci/es-snapshots/Jenkinsfile_verify_es
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST = "https://storage.googleapis.com/kibana-ci-es-snapshots-d
 
 kibanaPipeline(timeoutMinutes: 120) {
   catchErrors {
+    retryable.enable(2)
     withEnv(["ES_SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST=${SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST}"]) {
       parallel([
         'kibana-intake-agent': workers.intake('kibana-intake', './test/scripts/jenkins_unit.sh'),
diff --git a/vars/prChanges.groovy b/vars/prChanges.groovy
index d7f46ee7be23ea..4b9b20a945f762 100644
--- a/vars/prChanges.groovy
+++ b/vars/prChanges.groovy
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def getSkippablePaths() {
     /^docs\//,
     /^rfcs\//,
     /^.ci\/.+\.yml$/,
+    /^.ci\/es-snapshots\//,
     /^\.github\//,
     /\.md$/,
   ]