diff --git a/operator-suite/src/main/java/io/brokerqe/claire/plugins/ACSelfProvisioningPlugin.java b/operator-suite/src/main/java/io/brokerqe/claire/plugins/ACSelfProvisioningPlugin.java
index afbc9da..0db51f9 100644
--- a/operator-suite/src/main/java/io/brokerqe/claire/plugins/ACSelfProvisioningPlugin.java
+++ b/operator-suite/src/main/java/io/brokerqe/claire/plugins/ACSelfProvisioningPlugin.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import io.brokerqe.claire.ResourceManager;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.TestUtils;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.helpers.DataStorer;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Event;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
@@ -82,13 +83,19 @@ public static void deploy() {
             applyPatch();
 
             // check logs, possibly restart pod if issue with cert
-            TestUtils.waitFor(String.format("[%s] GET method to show up in logs of activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin", SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE), Constants.DURATION_5_SECONDS, Constants.DURATION_3_MINUTES, () -> {
-                Pod pod = kubeClient.getFirstPodByPrefixName(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin");
-                String logs = kubeClient.getLogsFromPod(pod);
-                return logs.contains("GET /plugin-manifest.json");
-            });
+            TestUtils.threadSleep(Constants.DURATION_10_SECONDS);
+            List<Event> events = kubeClient.getKubernetesClient().v1().events().inNamespace(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE).list().getItems();
+            Pod sppPod;
+            for (Event event : events) {
+                if (event.getReason().equals("FailedMount")) {
+                    LOGGER.warn("[{}] Detected FailedMount, restarting spp-pod", SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE);
+                    sppPod = kubeClient.getFirstPodByPrefixName(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin");
+                    kubeClient.restartPod(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, sppPod, SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
 
-            Pod sppPod = kubeClient.getFirstPodByPrefixName(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin");
+            sppPod = kubeClient.getFirstPodByPrefixName(SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin");
             String podLogs = kubeClient.getLogsFromPod(sppPod);
             if (podLogs.contains("SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert bad certificate:SSL alert number ")) {
                 LOGGER.info("[{}] Problem with deployed SPP pod - cert-mount-issues. Restarting pod.", SPP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE);
@@ -128,7 +135,6 @@ private static void removePatch() {
         LOGGER.info("[PATCH] Removing 'activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin' from consoles.operator.openshift.io cluster");
 //        plugins=$(oc get consoles.operator.openshift.io cluster -o json | jq '.spec.plugins | map(select(. != "activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin"))')
 //        oc patch consoles.operator.openshift.io cluster --type=merge --patch '{ "spec": { "plugins": $plugins } }'
-
         String[] getPluginsCmd = {"/bin/bash", "-c",
                                   "oc get consoles.operator.openshift.io cluster -o json | jq '.spec.plugins | map(select(. != \"activemq-artemis-self-provisioning-plugin\"))'"};
         JSONArray jsonPlugins = new JSONArray(TestUtils.executeLocalCommand(getPluginsCmd).replaceAll("\"", "'"));
diff --git a/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/BaseWebUITests.java b/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/BaseWebUITests.java
index e20e570..1d1103f 100644
--- a/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/BaseWebUITests.java
+++ b/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/BaseWebUITests.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.microsoft.playwright.BrowserContext;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.BrowserType;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.Download;
+import com.microsoft.playwright.Locator;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.Page;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.Playwright;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.junit.UsePlaywright;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public class BaseWebUITests extends AbstractSystemTests {
     static Browser browser;
     static BrowserContext context;
     static Page page;
+    static Locator.ClickOptions clicker;
+    static Locator.FillOptions filler;
 
     @BeforeAll
     static void launchBrowser() {
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ static void launchBrowser() {
                     .setDownloadsPath(Paths.get(ResourceManager.getEnvironment().getTmpDirLocation()));
         }
         browser = playwright.chromium().launch(options);
+        clicker = new Locator.ClickOptions().setTimeout(5000);
+        filler = new Locator.FillOptions().setTimeout(5000);
     }
 
     @AfterAll
diff --git a/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/SelfProvisioningPluginUITests.java b/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/SelfProvisioningPluginUITests.java
index 356d814..5c4e92c 100644
--- a/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/SelfProvisioningPluginUITests.java
+++ b/operator-suite/src/test/java/io/brokerqe/claire/spp/SelfProvisioningPluginUITests.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.brokerqe.claire.KubernetesVersion;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.ResourceManager;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.TestUtils;
+import io.brokerqe.claire.exception.ClaireRuntimeException;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.junit.TestMinimumKubernetesVersion;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.junit.TestOLMSupported;
 import io.brokerqe.claire.plugins.ACSelfProvisioningPlugin;
@@ -72,14 +73,19 @@ void navigateWorkloadBrokers(Page page) {
 
     void navigateWorkloadBrokers(Page page, String brokerName) {
         LOGGER.info("[{}] Navigate to Workloads/Brokers screen", testNamespace);
-        page.getByRole(AriaRole.BUTTON, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Workloads")).click();
-        try {
-            page.getByRole(AriaRole.LINK, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Brokers")).click(new Locator.ClickOptions().setTimeout(5000));
-        } catch (TimeoutError e) {
-            // probably workloads have been clicked twice (thus closed; so click again)
-            page.getByRole(AriaRole.BUTTON, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Workloads")).click();
-            page.getByRole(AriaRole.LINK, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Brokers")).click(new Locator.ClickOptions().setTimeout(5000));
+        Locator workloadsMenuButton = page.getByRole(AriaRole.BUTTON, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Workloads"));
+        List<String> menuContent = workloadsMenuButton.locator("..").getByRole(AriaRole.LIST).allInnerTexts();
+        if (menuContent.isEmpty()) {
+            workloadsMenuButton.click();
+            TestUtils.threadSleep(Constants.DURATION_1_SECOND);
+            menuContent = workloadsMenuButton.locator("..").getByRole(AriaRole.LIST).allInnerTexts();
+        }
+
+        if (!menuContent.get(0).contains("Brokers")) {
+            LOGGER.error("Workloads menu does not contain 'Brokers'! {}", menuContent);
+            throw new ClaireRuntimeException("Workloads menu does not contain Brokers! Deployment problem?");
         }
+        page.getByRole(AriaRole.LINK, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName("Brokers")).click(new Locator.ClickOptions().setTimeout(5000));
 
         if (brokerName != null) {
             page.getByRole(AriaRole.LINK, new Page.GetByRoleOptions().setName(brokerName)).click();
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b73184b..7729982 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <sundrio.version>0.200.0</sundrio.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.2</testcontainers.version>
         <zip4j.version>2.11.5</zip4j.version>
-        <playwright.version>1.49.0</playwright.version>
+        <playwright.version>1.50.1</playwright.version>
         <surefire-junit-platform.version>3.2.5</surefire-junit-platform.version>
         <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     </properties>