diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/editorHoverContext.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/editorHoverContext.test.ts
index 2fb98cc339..2b130875e3 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/editorHoverContext.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/editorHoverContext.test.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ module.exports = {
         browser
         .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
         .setSolidityCompilerVersion('soljson-v0.8.20+commit.a1b79de6.js')
+        .click('*[data-id="scConfigExpander"]')
+        .setValue('#evmVersionSelector', 'berlin') // set target EVM for parser to berlin
         .addFile('contracts/mytoken.sol', {
             content: myToken
         }).useXpath().waitForElementVisible("//*[@class='view-line' and contains(.,'gas')]")