diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-angular/registerSource.mjs b/packages/playwright-ct-angular/registerSource.mjs
index 22115cf7b0..2b6bbf856f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-angular/registerSource.mjs
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-angular/registerSource.mjs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
   platformBrowserDynamicTesting,
 } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 getTestBed().initTestEnvironment(
     BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
@@ -106,9 +105,6 @@ async function __pwRenderComponent(component) {
 
   __pwUpdateSlots(WrapperComponent, component.slots, componentMetadata.selector);
 
-  // TODO: only inject when router is provided
-  TestBed.inject(Router).initialNavigation();
-
   const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(WrapperComponent);
   fixture.nativeElement.id = 'root';
 
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright/index.ts b/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright/index.ts
index eea37a2089..573635a367 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright/index.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import '@angular/compiler';
 import { beforeMount, afterMount } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-angular/hooks';
-import { provideRouter } from '@angular/router';
+import { Router, provideRouter } from '@angular/router';
 import { ButtonComponent } from '@/components/button.component';
 import { TOKEN } from '@/components/inject.component';
 import { routes } from '@/router';
 import '@/assets/styles.css';
+import { APP_INITIALIZER, inject } from '@angular/core';
 
 export type HooksConfig = {
   routing?: boolean;
@@ -18,7 +19,17 @@ beforeMount<HooksConfig>(async ({ hooksConfig, TestBed }) => {
 
   if (hooksConfig?.routing)
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      providers: [provideRouter(routes)],
+      providers: [
+        provideRouter(routes),
+        {
+          provide: APP_INITIALIZER,
+          multi: true,
+          useFactory() {
+            const router = inject(Router);
+            return () => router.initialNavigation();
+          }
+        }
+      ],
     });
 
   if (hooksConfig?.injectToken)