diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 81c24fb46930..9805d5fed62a 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -199,13 +199,14 @@ describe('pages', () => {
   })
 
   it('should render correctly when loaded on a different path', async () => {
-    const { page, pageErrors } = await renderPage('/proxy')
+    const { page, pageErrors } = await renderPage()
+    await page.goto(url('/proxy'))
+    await page.waitForFunction(() => window.useNuxtApp?.() && !window.useNuxtApp?.().isHydrating)
 
     expect(await page.innerText('body')).toContain('Composable | foo: auto imported from ~/composables/foo.ts')
+    expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
 
     await page.close()
-
-    expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
   })
 
   it('preserves query', async () => {
@@ -1309,7 +1310,8 @@ describe('deferred app suspense resolve', () => {
   })
 
   it('should fully hydrate even if there is a redirection on a page with `ssr: false`', async () => {
-    const { page } = await renderPage('/hydration/spa-redirection/start')
+    const { page } = await renderPage()
+    await page.goto(url('/hydration/spa-redirection/start'))
     await page.getByText('fully hydrated and ready to go').waitFor()
     await page.close()
   })
@@ -1641,7 +1643,7 @@ describe('server components/islands', () => {
     // test fallback slot with v-for
     expect(await page.locator('.fallback-slot-content').all()).toHaveLength(2)
     // test islands update
-    expect(await page.locator('.box').innerHTML()).toContain('"number": 101,')
+    await page.locator('.box').getByText('"number": 101,').waitFor()
     const requests = [
       page.waitForResponse(response => response.url().includes('/__nuxt_island/LongAsyncComponent') && response.status() === 200),
       page.waitForResponse(response => response.url().includes('/__nuxt_island/AsyncServerComponent') && response.status() === 200)
diff --git a/test/utils.ts b/test/utils.ts
index 3c1452f92053..fed5e0150e2f 100644
--- a/test/utils.ts
+++ b/test/utils.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export async function renderPage (path = '/') {
   })
 
   if (path) {
-    await page.goto(url(path), { waitUntil: 'networkidle' })
-    await page.waitForFunction(() => window.useNuxtApp?.())
+    await gotoPath(page, path)
   }
 
   return {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export async function expectNoClientErrors (path: string) {
 
 export async function gotoPath (page: Page, path: string) {
   await page.goto(url(path))
-  await page.waitForFunction(path => window.useNuxtApp?.()._route.fullPath === path, path)
+  await page.waitForFunction(path => window.useNuxtApp?.()._route.fullPath === path && !window.useNuxtApp?.().isHydrating, path)
 }
 
 type EqualityVal = string | number | boolean | null | undefined | RegExp