diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/metamask.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/metamask.test.ts
index f674682d46..ab966d75de 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/metamask.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/metamask.test.ts
@@ -251,9 +251,19 @@ const tests = {
       .clearTransactions()
       .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
       .waitForElementVisible('input[placeholder="bytes32[] proposalNames"]')
+      .pause(2000)
       .setValue('input[placeholder="bytes32[] proposalNames"]', '["0x48656c6c6f20576f726c64210000000000000000000000000000000000000000"]')
+      .pause(1000)
       .click('*[data-id="Deploy - transact (not payable)"]') // deploy ballot
-      .pause(5000)
+      .pause(1000)
+      .waitForElementVisible({
+        locateStrategy: 'xpath',
+        selector: "//span[@class='text-log' and contains(., 'creation of')]"
+      })
+      .waitForElementVisible({
+        locateStrategy: 'xpath',
+        selector: "//span[@class='text-log' and contains(., 'pending')]"
+      })
       .saveScreenshot('./reports/screenshots/metamask_before.png')
       .perform((done) => {
         browser.switchBrowserWindow(extension_url, 'MetaMask', (browser) => {