diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.test.ts
index 825ae0404f76fb..d2d5ac8f22a1fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.test.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,37 @@ describe('config validation', () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  test('the monitored_task_execution_thresholds warn_threshold must be lte error_threshold', () => {
+  test('the monitored_task_execution_thresholds ensures that the default warn_threshold is lt the default error_threshold', () => {
+    const config: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      monitored_task_execution_thresholds: {
+        default: {
+          warn_threshold: 80,
+          error_threshold: 70,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(() => {
+      configSchema.validate(config);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"[monitored_task_execution_thresholds.default]: warn_threshold (80) must be less than, or equal to, error_threshold (70)"`
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('the monitored_task_execution_thresholds allows the default warn_threshold to equal the default error_threshold', () => {
+    const config: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      monitored_task_execution_thresholds: {
+        default: {
+          warn_threshold: 70,
+          error_threshold: 70,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(() => {
+      configSchema.validate(config);
+    }).not.toThrowError();
+  });
+
+  test('the monitored_task_execution_thresholds ensures that the warn_threshold is lte error_threshold on custom thresholds', () => {
     const config: Record<string, unknown> = {
       monitored_task_execution_thresholds: {
         custom: {
@@ -131,7 +161,27 @@ describe('config validation', () => {
     expect(() => {
       configSchema.validate(config);
     }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"[monitored_task_execution_thresholds.custom.alerting:always-fires]: warn_threshold must be less than, or equal to, error_threshold"`
+      `"[monitored_task_execution_thresholds.custom.alerting:always-fires]: warn_threshold (90) must be less than, or equal to, error_threshold (80)"`
     );
   });
+
+  test('the monitored_task_execution_thresholds allows a custom error_threshold which is lower than the default warn_threshold', () => {
+    const config: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      monitored_task_execution_thresholds: {
+        default: {
+          warn_threshold: 80,
+          error_threshold: 90,
+        },
+        custom: {
+          'alerting:always-fires': {
+            error_threshold: 60,
+            warn_threshold: 50,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(() => {
+      configSchema.validate(config);
+    }).not.toThrowError();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.ts
index 96825ce0cbd731..11753e90cd9be6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/config.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ export const taskExecutionFailureThresholdSchema = schema.object(
     }),
   },
   {
-    validate: (config) => {
-      if (
-        config.error_threshold &&
-        config.warn_threshold &&
-        config.warn_threshold > config.error_threshold
-      ) {
-        return `warn_threshold must be less than, or equal to, error_threshold`;
+    validate(config) {
+      if (config.error_threshold < config.warn_threshold) {
+        return `warn_threshold (${config.warn_threshold}) must be less than, or equal to, error_threshold (${config.error_threshold})`;
       }
     },
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/monitoring/monitoring_stats_stream.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/monitoring/monitoring_stats_stream.test.ts
index f2719d9e21bd91..8479def5deeebb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/monitoring/monitoring_stats_stream.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/monitoring/monitoring_stats_stream.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { of, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { take, bufferCount } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { createMonitoringStatsStream, AggregatedStat } from './monitoring_stats_stream';
 import { JsonValue } from 'src/plugins/kibana_utils/common';
-import { ManagedConfiguration } from '../lib/create_managed_configuration';
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   jest.resetAllMocks();