diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61ad2db6c74..e653b5b16b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     },
     "resolutions": {
         "**/pretty-format/react-is": "19.1.1",
-        "@playwright/test": "1.54.2",
+        "@playwright/test": "1.55.0",
         "@types/react": "19.1.12",
         "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
         "oidc-client-ts": "3.3.0",
diff --git a/playwright/e2e/threads/threads.spec.ts b/playwright/e2e/threads/threads.spec.ts
index 98039e12425..3bbe2e8547b 100644
--- a/playwright/e2e/threads/threads.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/e2e/threads/threads.spec.ts
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ test.describe("Threads", () => {
 
             await expect(page.locator(".mx_ThreadView_timelinePanelWrapper")).toHaveCount(1);
 
-            await (await app.openMessageComposerOptions(true)).getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Voice Message" }).click();
+            const composerOptions = await app.openMessageComposerOptions(true);
+            await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+            await composerOptions.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Voice Message" }).click();
             await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
             await app.getComposer(true).getByRole("button", { name: "Send voice message" }).click();
             await expect(page.locator(".mx_ThreadView .mx_MVoiceMessageBody")).toHaveCount(1);
diff --git a/playwright/e2e/timeline/timeline.spec.ts b/playwright/e2e/timeline/timeline.spec.ts
index 55ae3b16dcd..7cee42912d7 100644
--- a/playwright/e2e/timeline/timeline.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/e2e/timeline/timeline.spec.ts
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ test.describe("Timeline", () => {
             await viewRoomSendMessageAndSetupReply(page, app, room.roomId);
 
             const composerOptions = await app.openMessageComposerOptions();
+            await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
             await composerOptions.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Voice Message" }).click();
 
             // Record an empty message
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c7858ee6432..ea387117165 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2842,12 +2842,12 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz#a77ea742fab25775145434eb1d2328cf5013ac33"
   integrity sha512-+1VkjdD0QBLPodGrJUeqarH8VAIvQODIbwh9XpP5Syisf7YoQgsJKPNFoqqLQlu+VQ/tVSshMR6loPMn8U+dPg==
 
-"@playwright/test@1.54.2", "@playwright/test@^1.50.1":
-  version "1.54.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.54.2.tgz#ff0d1e5d8e26f3258ae65364e2d4d10176926b07"
-  integrity sha512-A+znathYxPf+72riFd1r1ovOLqsIIB0jKIoPjyK2kqEIe30/6jF6BC7QNluHuwUmsD2tv1XZVugN8GqfTMOxsA==
+"@playwright/test@1.55.0", "@playwright/test@^1.50.1":
+  version "1.55.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.55.0.tgz#080fa6d9ee6d749ff523b1c18259572d0268b963"
+  integrity sha512-04IXzPwHrW69XusN/SIdDdKZBzMfOT9UNT/YiJit/xpy2VuAoB8NHc8Aplb96zsWDddLnbkPL3TsmrS04ZU2xQ==
   dependencies:
-    playwright "1.54.2"
+    playwright "1.55.0"
 
 "@polka/url@^1.0.0-next.24":
   version "1.0.0-next.28"
@@ -12093,17 +12093,17 @@ playwright-core@1.53.2, playwright-core@>=1.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.53.2.tgz#78f71e2f727713daa8d360dc11c460022c13cf91"
   integrity sha512-ox/OytMy+2w1jcYEYlOo1Hhp8hZkLCximMTUTMBXjGUA1KoFfiSZ+DU+3a739jsPY0yoKH2TFy9S2fsJas8yAw==
 
-playwright-core@1.54.2, playwright-core@^1.51.0:
-  version "1.54.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.54.2.tgz#73cc5106f19ec6b9371908603d61a7f171ebd8f0"
-  integrity sha512-n5r4HFbMmWsB4twG7tJLDN9gmBUeSPcsBZiWSE4DnYz9mJMAFqr2ID7+eGC9kpEnxExJ1epttwR59LEWCk8mtA==
+playwright-core@1.55.0, playwright-core@^1.51.0:
+  version "1.55.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.55.0.tgz#ec8a9f8ef118afb3e86e0f46f1393e3bea32adf4"
+  integrity sha512-GvZs4vU3U5ro2nZpeiwyb0zuFaqb9sUiAJuyrWpcGouD8y9/HLgGbNRjIph7zU9D3hnPaisMl9zG9CgFi/biIg==
 
-playwright@1.54.2:
-  version "1.54.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-1.54.2.tgz#e2435abb2db3a96a276f8acc3ada1a85b587dff3"
-  integrity sha512-Hu/BMoA1NAdRUuulyvQC0pEqZ4vQbGfn8f7wPXcnqQmM+zct9UliKxsIkLNmz/ku7LElUNqmaiv1TG/aL5ACsw==
+playwright@1.55.0:
+  version "1.55.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-1.55.0.tgz#7aca7ac3ffd9e083a8ad8b2514d6f9ba401cc78b"
+  integrity sha512-sdCWStblvV1YU909Xqx0DhOjPZE4/5lJsIS84IfN9dAZfcl/CIZ5O8l3o0j7hPMjDvqoTF8ZUcc+i/GL5erstA==
   dependencies:
-    playwright-core "1.54.2"
+    playwright-core "1.55.0"
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "2.3.2"