diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.test.tsx
index f9174222bea..bc3fc975b05 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/AlertRuleDrawerForm.test.tsx
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ describe('AlertRuleDrawerForm', () => {
       // Click Create
       await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Create/i }));
 
+      // Wait for the execute function to be called
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
       // Drawer should close on success
       await waitFor(() => {
         expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();