diff --git a/galata/package.json b/galata/package.json
index 1de8ff6f9ebf..8f995369327d 100644
--- a/galata/package.json
+++ b/galata/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "@jupyterlab/settingregistry": "^4.0.0-alpha.6",
     "@lumino/algorithm": "^1.9.1",
     "@lumino/coreutils": "^1.12.0",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.16.2",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.44.0",
     "@stdlib/stats": "~0.0.13",
     "canvas": "^2.6.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",