diff --git a/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
index 57b8417d..f6691d87 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ test.describe("dragging onto a list", { tag: "@playlists" }, () => {
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: `Reorder “${videos[0]!.title}”`, exact: false }).focus();
     await page.keyboard.press("Space");
     await said(page, /picked up/i);
+    // A person's pause: dnd-kit drops an arrow pressed before it has measured the lifted row, which
+    // nothing on the page announces (11 of 31 runs without it, none of 31 with it).
+    await page.waitForTimeout(300);
     await page.keyboard.press("ArrowDown");
     await said(page, /position 2/);
     await page.keyboard.press("Space");