diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_crawlee/actor_source/playwright.Dockerfile b/tests/e2e/test_crawlee/actor_source/playwright.Dockerfile
index 99c0e5f7..90f7c246 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_crawlee/actor_source/playwright.Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_crawlee/actor_source/playwright.Dockerfile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN pip install --force-reinstall -r requirements.txt
 
+# Reinstall the Chromium binary so it matches the just-installed Playwright version
+# (the base image's pre-installed browser can lag behind a newer Playwright pulled via crawlee[playwright]).
+RUN playwright install chromium
+
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "python server.py & python -m src"]