diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-main.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-main.yml
index 05854d5..58495c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-main.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ jobs:
           jq --arg version "$version" '.devDependencies."@podman-desktop/tests-playwright" = $version' package.json > package.json_tmp && mv package.json_tmp package.json
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Ensure getting current HEAD version of the test framework (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-2022' 
+        working-directory: ./crc-extension
+        run: |
+          # workaround for https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop-extension-bootc/issues/712
+          # Install scoop installer
+          Invoke-Expression (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.scoop.sh')
+          scoop --version
+          # Install jq using scoop
+          scoop install jq
+          # Fetch the version of the npm package
+          $version = npm view @podman-desktop/tests-playwright@next version
+          Write-Host "Version of @podman-desktop/tests-playwright to be used: $version"
+          # Update package.json using jq
+          jq --arg version "$version" '.devDependencies."@podman-desktop/tests-playwright" = $version' package.json > package.json_tmp
+          # Replace the old package.json with the updated one
+          Move-Item -Path package.json_tmp -Destination package.json -Force
+        shell: pwsh
+
       - name: Install CRC extension dependencies 
         working-directory: ./crc-extension
         run: yarn install --check-files