diff --git a/cypress/integration/plugins/observability-dashboards/1_trace_analytics_dashboard.spec.js b/cypress/integration/plugins/observability-dashboards/1_trace_analytics_dashboard.spec.js
index 1ff813617..e81dfd560 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/plugins/observability-dashboards/1_trace_analytics_dashboard.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/plugins/observability-dashboards/1_trace_analytics_dashboard.spec.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe('Testing dashboard table empty state', () => {
       },
     });
     cy.wait(delayTime * 3);
+    cy.contains('span.euiSideNavItemButton__label', 'Traces').click();
     cy.get(
       '[data-test-subj="trace-groups-service-operation-accordian"]'
     ).click();
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ describe('Testing dashboard table', () => {
   });
 
   it('Adds the percentile filters', () => {
+    cy.contains('span.euiSideNavItemButton__label', 'Traces').click();
+
     cy.get(
       '[data-test-subj="trace-groups-service-operation-accordian"]'
     ).click();
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ describe('Testing dashboard table', () => {
 
   it('Opens latency trend popover', () => {
     setTimeFilter(true);
+    cy.contains('span.euiSideNavItemButton__label', 'Traces').click();
+
     cy.get(
       '[data-test-subj="trace-groups-service-operation-accordian"]'
     ).click();
@@ -80,6 +85,8 @@ describe('Testing dashboard table', () => {
   });
 
   it('Redirects to traces table with filter', () => {
+    cy.contains('span.euiSideNavItemButton__label', 'Traces').click();
+
     cy.get(
       '[data-test-subj="trace-groups-service-operation-accordian"]'
     ).click();
@@ -111,6 +118,8 @@ describe('Testing plots', () => {
       },
     });
     setTimeFilter();
+    cy.contains('span.euiSideNavItemButton__label', 'Traces').click();
+
     cy.get(
       '[data-test-subj="trace-groups-service-operation-accordian"]'
     ).click();