diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0945fef4ce8..b1d65230520 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ group :test do
   # Browser integration testing
   gem 'capybara', '~> 3.39'
   gem 'capybara-playwright-driver'
-  gem 'playwright-ruby-client', '1.60.0', require: false # Pinning the exact version as it needs to be kept in sync with the installed npm package
+  gem 'playwright-ruby-client', require: false
 
   # Used to reset the database between system tests
   gem 'database_cleaner-active_record'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bb9e9686cd6..d537b746914 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ GEM
     pg (1.6.3)
     pghero (3.8.0)
       activerecord (>= 7.2)
-    playwright-ruby-client (1.60.0)
+    playwright-ruby-client (1.61.0)
       base64
       concurrent-ruby (>= 1.1.6)
       mime-types (>= 3.0)
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parslet
   pg (~> 1.5)
   pghero
-  playwright-ruby-client (= 1.60.0)
+  playwright-ruby-client
   premailer-rails
   prometheus_exporter (~> 2.2)
   propshaft
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7e41e2efa6..93549b1ed10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     "msw": "^2.12.1",
     "msw-storybook-addon": "^2.0.6",
     "oxfmt": "^0.47.0",
-    "playwright": "^1.60.0",
+    "playwright": "^1.61.1",
     "storybook": "^10.3.0",
     "stylelint": "^17.0.0",
     "stylelint-config-standard-scss": "^17.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 10d475768a8..e44b1cd9b5b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ __metadata:
     msw-storybook-addon: "npm:^2.0.6"
     oxfmt: "npm:^0.47.0"
     path-complete-extname: "npm:^1.0.0"
-    playwright: "npm:^1.60.0"
+    playwright: "npm:^1.61.1"
     postcss-preset-env: "npm:^11.0.0"
     prop-types: "npm:^15.8.1"
     punycode: "npm:^2.3.0"
@@ -11386,27 +11386,27 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"playwright-core@npm:1.60.0":
-  version: 1.60.0
-  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.60.0"
+"playwright-core@npm:1.61.1":
+  version: 1.61.1
+  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.61.1"
   bin:
     playwright-core: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/99ccd43923b6e9355e0723b7fe221e6326efd4687f8dafff951313662aea11db51f542a9c2122c704c445fb9baae1c9ec9fa6f895126bbddd9fe92313f6942c9
+  checksum: 10c0/c28896ba82a602182e240ed4f9c467fb0dd9cb57d510f8aba9f25183fe1cde3a0105725a29baffa4157fe885bbb11e228032a2aad0424111584fde45303f07bd
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"playwright@npm:^1.60.0":
-  version: 1.60.0
-  resolution: "playwright@npm:1.60.0"
+"playwright@npm:^1.61.1":
+  version: 1.61.1
+  resolution: "playwright@npm:1.61.1"
   dependencies:
     fsevents: "npm:2.3.2"
-    playwright-core: "npm:1.60.0"
+    playwright-core: "npm:1.61.1"
   dependenciesMeta:
     fsevents:
       optional: true
   bin:
     playwright: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/714ad76d85b4865d7e43c0012f9039800c1485373388973ed39d79339cee5ad467052d1e2f1eaeca107a1cb6e65342186a8578a4c3504853d84c3a691250d5db
+  checksum: 10c0/cea1bc4d2a64ec3ef683891606774029da7b8a8036ed98332565cec2f8e89549ca1fab9a89fbfba4e08e27e0d7e7d148031e965af66d5ff97bb3c34058cfcad0
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard