diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/esql/46_downsample.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/esql/46_downsample.yml
index be81d25d5bac0..6320d81e7f4ac 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/esql/46_downsample.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/esql/46_downsample.yml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ setup:
         - method: POST
           path: /_query
           parameters: []
-          capabilities: [aggregate_metric_double_implicit_casting_in_aggs]
+          capabilities: [metrics_capability, aggregate_metric_double_implicit_casting_in_aggs]
       reason: "Support for casting aggregate metric double implicitly when present in aggregations"
 
   - do: