diff --git a/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/deployment_agnostic/security_and_spaces/apis/copy_to_space/copy_to_space.ts b/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/deployment_agnostic/security_and_spaces/apis/copy_to_space/copy_to_space.ts
index 3e769698d7f55..4fc4b75713b0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/deployment_agnostic/security_and_spaces/apis/copy_to_space/copy_to_space.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/spaces_api_integration/deployment_agnostic/security_and_spaces/apis/copy_to_space/copy_to_space.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ export default function copyToSpaceSpacesAndSecuritySuite(
     createMultiNamespaceTestCases,
   } = copyToSpaceTestSuiteFactory(context);
 
-  describe('copy to spaces', () => {
+  const config = context.getService('config');
+  const license = config.get('esTestCluster.license');
+
+  describe('copy to spaces', function () {
+    if (license === 'basic') {
+      this.tags('skipFIPS');
+    }
+
     [
       {
         spaceId: SPACES.DEFAULT.spaceId,