diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Tags.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Tags.spec.ts
index 7bfbe891114..9f2ccdb7b28 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Tags.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Tags.spec.ts
@@ -554,19 +554,19 @@ test('Search tag using classification display name should work', async ({
 });
 
 test('Verify system classification term counts', async ({ page }) => {
-  // Navigate to tags page
-  await sidebarClick(page, SidebarItem.TAGS);
-
-  // Wait for classifications to load with termCount field
   const classificationsResponse = page.waitForResponse(
     (response) =>
       response.url().includes('/api/v1/classifications') &&
       response.url().includes('fields=termCount')
   );
+
+  await sidebarClick(page, SidebarItem.TAGS);
+
   await classificationsResponse;
 
-  // Wait a bit for the UI to update
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+  await page.waitForSelector('[data-testid="side-panel-classification"]', {
+    state: 'visible',
+  });
 
   // Get all classification elements
   const classificationElements = await page