diff --git a/src/components/QuickOpenPalette.tsx b/src/components/QuickOpenPalette.tsx
index 7633a9d4..746844de 100644
--- a/src/components/QuickOpenPalette.tsx
+++ b/src/components/QuickOpenPalette.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function QuickOpenPalette({ open, entries, onSelect, onClose }: QuickOpen
 
   return (
     <div
+      data-testid="quick-open-palette"
       className="fixed inset-0 z-[1000] flex justify-center bg-[var(--shadow-dialog)] pt-[15vh]"
       onClick={onClose}
     >
diff --git a/tests/smoke/exact-match-search.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/exact-match-search.spec.ts
index 9739324c..20cfd098 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/exact-match-search.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/exact-match-search.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async function openQuickOpen(page: import('@playwright/test').Page) {
  */
 async function getFirstResultTitle(page: import('@playwright/test').Page): Promise<string> {
   // The selected result row contains the title in a span.truncate
-  const titleSpan = page.locator('[class*="bg-accent"] span.truncate')
+  const titleSpan = page.getByTestId('quick-open-palette').locator('[class*="bg-accent"] span.truncate')
   await titleSpan.first().waitFor({ timeout: 3000 })
   return (await titleSpan.first().textContent()) ?? ''
 }
diff --git a/tests/smoke/h1-title-decoupled.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/h1-title-decoupled.spec.ts
index 92c8d89b..16b648cd 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/h1-title-decoupled.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/h1-title-decoupled.spec.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ async function openQuickOpen(page: Page) {
   await expect(page.locator('input[placeholder="Search notes..."]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 })
 }
 
+function quickOpenSelectedTitle(page: Page) {
+  return page.getByTestId('quick-open-palette').locator('[class*="bg-accent"] span.truncate').first()
+}
+
 test('creating an untitled draft hides the legacy title section in the editor', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.locator('button[title="Create new note"]').click()
 
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ test('@smoke edited H1 titles drive note list, search, and wikilink autocomplete
   await openQuickOpen(page)
   const quickOpenInput = page.locator('input[placeholder="Search notes..."]')
   await quickOpenInput.fill(updatedTitle)
-  await expect(page.locator('[class*="bg-accent"] span.truncate').first()).toHaveText(updatedTitle, { timeout: 5_000 })
+  await expect(quickOpenSelectedTitle(page)).toHaveText(updatedTitle, { timeout: 5_000 })
   await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
 
   await openNote(page, 'Alpha Project')