diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
index 86df0e56ef..2827d4d8ab 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-react/registerSource.mjs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function __pwRender(value) {
     if (isJsxComponent(v)) {
       const component = v;
       let type = component.type;
-      if (type && type.__pw_type === 'fragment')
+      if (type && type.__pw_jsx_fragment) // detects the playwright mock Fragment (see jsx-runtime.js), used in <></> notation
         type = __pwReact.Fragment;
       const props = component.props ? __pwRender(component.props) : {};
       const key = component.key ? __pwRender(component.key) : undefined;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/jsx-runtime.js b/packages/playwright/jsx-runtime.js
index 1bfa721361..28df099d02 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/jsx-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/playwright/jsx-runtime.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function jsxs(type, props, key) {
   };
 }
 
-const Fragment = { __pw_type: 'fragment' };
+const Fragment = { __pw_jsx_fragment: true };
 
 module.exports = {
   Fragment,