diff --git a/tests/electron/electron-app.spec.ts b/tests/electron/electron-app.spec.ts
index c55ab68644..0ecfb2b42d 100644
--- a/tests/electron/electron-app.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/electron/electron-app.spec.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ test('should fire close event via ElectronApplication.close();', async ({ launch
   await electronApp.close();
   // Close one more time - this should be a noop.
   await electronApp.close();
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  events.sort(); // we don't care about the order
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
   // Give it some time to fire more events - there should not be any.
   await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000));
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
 });
 
 test('should fire close event via BrowserContext.close()', async ({ launchElectronApp }) => {
@@ -44,10 +45,11 @@ test('should fire close event via BrowserContext.close()', async ({ launchElectr
   await electronApp.context().close();
   // Close one more time - this should be a noop.
   await electronApp.context().close();
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  events.sort(); // we don't care about the order
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
   // Give it some time to fire more events - there should not be any.
   await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000));
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
 });
 
 test('should fire close event when the app quits itself', async ({ launchElectronApp }) => {
@@ -61,10 +63,11 @@ test('should fire close event when the app quits itself', async ({ launchElectro
     await electronApp.evaluate(({ app }) => app.quit());
     await waitForAppClose;
   }
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  events.sort(); // we don't care about the order
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
   // Give it some time to fire more events - there should not be any.
   await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000));
-  expect(events.join('|')).toBe('process(exit)|context(close)|application(close)');
+  expect(events).toEqual(['application(close)', 'context(close)', 'process(exit)']);
 });
 
 test('should fire console events', async ({ launchElectronApp }) => {
diff --git a/tests/electron/globalSetup.ts b/tests/electron/globalSetup.ts
index 32db2e8356..c50f710c96 100644
--- a/tests/electron/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/tests/electron/globalSetup.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import assert from 'assert';
 import { spawnAsync } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils/spawnAsync';
 
 export default async () => {
-  const result = await spawnAsync('npx', ['electron', require.resolve('./electron-print-chromium-version.js')], {
+  const result = await spawnAsync('npx', ['electron', require.resolve('./electron-print-chromium-version.js'), '--no-sandbox'], {
     shell: true,
   });
   const chromiumVersion = result.stdout.trim();