diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json b/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
index f13c77b27e..16df0b4675 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "webkit",
-      "revision": "1847",
+      "revision": "1848",
       "installByDefault": true,
       "revisionOverrides": {
         "mac10.14": "1446",
diff --git a/tests/library/capabilities.spec.ts b/tests/library/capabilities.spec.ts
index da391b0e85..1a839932f1 100644
--- a/tests/library/capabilities.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/capabilities.spec.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ it('make sure that XMLHttpRequest upload events are emitted correctly', async ({
 
 it('loading in HTMLImageElement.prototype', async ({ page, server, browserName, isMac }) => {
   it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/22738' });
-  it.skip(browserName === 'webkit' && isMac && parseInt(os.release(), 10) < 21, 'Does not work on macOS 11');
+  it.skip(browserName === 'webkit' && isMac && parseInt(os.release(), 10) < 21, 'macOS 11 is frozen');
   await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
   const defined = await page.evaluate(() => 'loading' in HTMLImageElement.prototype);
   expect(defined).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/tests/page/page-accessibility.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-accessibility.spec.ts
index 283e810df6..2a8e32fecd 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-accessibility.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-accessibility.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import os from 'os';
 import { test as it, expect } from './pageTest';
 import { chromiumVersionLessThan } from '../config/utils';
 
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ it('should work @smoke', async ({ page, browserName }) => {
       { role: 'textbox', name: 'Input with whitespace', value: '  ' },
       { role: 'textbox', name: '', value: 'value only' },
       { role: 'textbox', name: 'placeholder', value: 'and a value' },
-      { role: 'textbox', name: 'This is a description!', value: 'and a value' }, // webkit uses the description over placeholder for the name
+      // due to frozen WebKit on macOS 11 we have the if/else here
+      { role: 'textbox', name: parseInt(os.release(), 10) >= 21 ? 'placeholder' : 'This is a description!', value: 'and a value' }, // webkit uses the description over placeholder for the name
     ]
   };
   expect(await page.accessibility.snapshot()).toEqual(golden);