diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/10_basic.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/10_basic.yml
index ed72f32981d34..b2ea5b8042f69 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/10_basic.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/10_basic.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,16 @@
             }
           }
   - match: { _id: "my_watch" }
+
+---
+"Test empty body is rejected by put watch":
+  - do:
+      cluster.health:
+          wait_for_status: yellow
+
+  - do:
+      catch: bad_request
+      xpack.watcher.put_watch:
+        id: "my_watch"
+  - match: { error.root_cause.0.type: "action_request_validation_exception" }
+  - match: { error.root_cause.0.reason: "Validation Failed: 1: request body is missing;" }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/90_put_watch_content_validation.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/90_put_watch_content_validation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f2149f5bd675..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher/put_watch/90_put_watch_content_validation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-"Test empty body is rejected by put watch":
-  - do:
-      cluster.health:
-          wait_for_status: yellow
-
-  - do:
-      catch: bad_request
-      xpack.watcher.put_watch:
-        id: "my_watch"
-  - match: { error.root_cause.0.type: "action_request_validation_exception" }
-  - match: { error.root_cause.0.reason: "Validation Failed: 1: request body is missing;" }