diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/modal_footer.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/modal_footer.vue
index e9af0ce779917af4059e7ec72b54dea5d4cc0ea4..5dc9440c49cbf043dc4ae3c34c712fc026dabe91 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/modal_footer.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/modal_footer.vue
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default {
 
 <template>
   <div>
-    <gl-button :disabled="disabled" @click="$emit('cancel')">
+    <gl-button data-qa-selector="cancel_button" :disabled="disabled" @click="$emit('cancel')">
       {{ __('Cancel') }}
     </gl-button>
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/ee/page/merge_request/show.rb b/qa/qa/ee/page/merge_request/show.rb
index e207bd462313666a40bb7be9eccdaac6d8db4721..a21bf03e82286511547931e38db7d400e78be729 100644
--- a/qa/qa/ee/page/merge_request/show.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/ee/page/merge_request/show.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def self.prepended(base)
               view 'ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/modal_footer.vue' do
                 element :resolve_split_button
                 element :create_issue_button
+                element :cancel_button
               end
 
               view 'ee/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/security_reports/components/dismiss_button.vue' do
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ def create_vulnerability_issue(name)
             end
           end
 
+          def cancel_vulnerability_modal
+            click_element(:cancel_button)
+          end
+
           def has_vulnerability_report?(timeout: 60)
             wait_until(reload: true, max_duration: timeout, sleep_interval: 1) do
               has_element?(:vulnerability_report_grouped, wait: 10)
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/13_secure/vulnerability_management_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/13_secure/vulnerability_management_spec.rb
index e75f61493f668a802f4a06bd1444d998d04e8f08..67534d5110fcd30ade67c03a698ac1356b9a9c98 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/13_secure/vulnerability_management_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/13_secure/vulnerability_management_spec.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,32 @@ module QA
           merge_request.click_vulnerability(vuln_name)
 
           expect(merge_request).to have_opened_dismissed_vulnerability(dismiss_reason)
+
+          merge_request.cancel_vulnerability_modal
+        end
+
+        merge_request.merge_via_api!
+
+        expect { project.pipelines.size }.to eventually_eq(2).within(max_duration: 60),
+                                             "There are currently #{project.pipelines.size} pipelines in the project instead of 2"
+
+        Support::Waiter.wait_until(sleep_interval: 3) do
+          latest_pipeline_status == 'success'
         end
+        Page::Project::Menu.perform(&:click_on_vulnerability_report)
+
+        EE::Page::Project::Secure::Show.perform do |security_dashboard|
+          security_dashboard.filter_by_status(['dismissed'])
+
+          expect(security_dashboard).to have_status('dismissed', vuln_name)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def latest_pipeline_status
+        Resource::Pipeline.fabricate_via_api! do |pipeline|
+          pipeline.project = project
+          pipeline.id = project.pipelines.first[:id]
+        end.status
       end
 
       it 'can create an issue from a vulnerability', testcase: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/quality/test_cases/348007' do