diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-tests.yml
index 6ac2a12aec..c803180524 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-tests.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--max-old-space-size=4096"
       NODE_ENV: test
+      CI: "true"
     strategy:
       matrix:
         test-type: [jest, e2e, e2e-crx-lock]
diff --git a/packages/app/playwright.config.ts b/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
index 31dc26ab5f..337fe7c97d 100644
--- a/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { type PlaywrightTestConfig, defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 import './load.envs';
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT;
+const isCI = process.env.CI === 'true';
 
 export const playwrightConfig: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   workers: 1,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export const playwrightConfig: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   use: {
     baseURL: `http://localhost:${PORT}/`,
     permissions: ['clipboard-read', 'clipboard-write'],
-    headless: false,
+    headless: isCI,
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
     actionTimeout: 5000,
   },