diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/uptime_app.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/uptime_app.tsx
index aab00933f1c31..5400cf8e1ec16 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/uptime_app.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/uptime_app.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ const Application = (props: UptimeAppProps) => {
                       <UptimeAlertsContextProvider>
                         <EuiPage className="app-wrapper-panel " data-test-subj="uptimeApp">
                           <main>
-                            <UptimeAlertsFlyoutWrapper />
+                            <UptimeAlertsFlyoutWrapper
+                              alertTypeId="xpack.uptime.alerts.monitorStatus"
+                              canChangeTrigger={false}
+                            />
                             <PageRouter autocomplete={plugins.data.autocomplete} />
                           </main>
                         </EuiPage>
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/uptime_page.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/uptime_page.ts
index fcf2b77dbd624..39c3c46adddbb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/uptime_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/uptime_page.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export function UptimePageProvider({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderCo
       alertTags,
       alertThrottleInterval,
       alertTimerangeSelection,
+      alertType,
       filters,
     }: {
       alertName: string;
@@ -113,11 +114,14 @@ export function UptimePageProvider({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderCo
       alertThrottleInterval: string;
       alertNumTimes: string;
       alertTimerangeSelection: string;
+      alertType?: string;
       filters?: string;
     }) {
       const { setKueryBarText } = commonService;
       await alerts.openFlyout();
-      await alerts.openMonitorStatusAlertType();
+      if (alertType) {
+        await alerts.openMonitorStatusAlertType(alertType);
+      }
       await alerts.setAlertName(alertName);
       await alerts.setAlertTags(alertTags);
       await alerts.setAlertInterval(alertInterval);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/alerts.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/alerts.ts
index 5ee444adec82f..3a8193ff3d327 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/alerts.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/alerts.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export function UptimeAlertsProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await testSubjects.click('xpack.uptime.alertsPopover.toggleButton', 5000);
       await testSubjects.click('xpack.uptime.toggleAlertFlyout', 5000);
     },
-    async openMonitorStatusAlertType() {
-      return testSubjects.click('xpack.uptime.alerts.monitorStatus-SelectOption', 5000);
+    async openMonitorStatusAlertType(alertType: string) {
+      return testSubjects.click(`xpack.uptime.alerts.${alertType}-SelectOption`, 5000);
     },
     async setAlertTags(tags: string[]) {
       for (let i = 0; i < tags.length; i += 1) {