diff --git a/frontend/tests/e2e/search/search.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
index e73cd256c6..993a0ffffb 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/e2e/search/search.spec.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test.describe("Search page tests", () => {
     const searchTerm = "0resultearch";
 
     await fillSearchInputAndSubmit(searchTerm, page);
-
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 3250));
     expectURLContainsQueryParam(page, "query", searchTerm);
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/prefer-screen-queries
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ test.describe("Search page tests", () => {
     await waitForSearchResultsInitialLoad(page);
 
     // Verify that page 1 is highlighted
-    currentPageButton = page.locator(".usa-pagination__button.usa-current");
+    currentPageButton = page.locator(".usa-pagination__button.usa-current").first();
     await expect(currentPageButton).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Page 1");
-
+    
     // It should not have a page query param set
     expectURLContainsQueryParam(page, "page", "1", false);
   });
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ test.describe("Search page tests", () => {
 
     const lastSearchResultTitle = await getLastSearchResultTitle(page);
 
-    await selectOppositeSortOption(page);
+    await selectSortBy(page, "opportunityTitleAsc");
 
     const firstSearchResultTitle = await getFirstSearchResultTitle(page);
 
diff --git a/frontend/tests/e2e/search/searchSpecUtil.ts b/frontend/tests/e2e/search/searchSpecUtil.ts
index 63782e6707..6c58a4b6fc 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/e2e/search/searchSpecUtil.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/e2e/search/searchSpecUtil.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ export function getSearchInput(page: Page) {
 export async function fillSearchInputAndSubmit(term: string, page: Page) {
   const searchInput = getSearchInput(page);
   await searchInput.fill(term);
-  await page.click(".usa-search >> button[type='submit']");
-  expectURLContainsQueryParam(page, "query", term);
+  await page.click(".usa-search > button[type='submit']");
 }
 
 export function expectURLContainsQueryParam(
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ export async function refreshPageWithCurrentURL(page: Page) {
 
 export async function selectSortBy(page: Page, sortByValue: string) {
   await page.locator("#search-sort-by-select").selectOption(sortByValue);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
 }
 
 export async function expectSortBy(page: Page, value: string) {