diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/basicExamples.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/basicExamples.spec.ts
index 0a7042259..84c98634e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/basicExamples.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/basicExamples.spec.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ test("Basic Prompting (Hello, World)", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByTestId("button_run_chat output").click();
   await page.waitForSelector("text=built successfully", { timeout: 30000 });
 
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ test("Memory Chatbot", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByTestId("button_run_chat output").click();
   await page.waitForSelector("text=built successfully", { timeout: 30000 });
 
@@ -211,6 +217,9 @@ test("Document QA", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   const fileChooserPromise = page.waitForEvent("filechooser");
   await page.getByTestId("icon-FileSearch2").click();
   const fileChooser = await fileChooserPromise;
@@ -301,6 +310,9 @@ test("Blog Writer", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page
     .getByTestId("input-list-input_urls-0")
     .nth(0)
diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser.spec.ts
index 636d5da71..f90166f8c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser.spec.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ test("user must interact with chat with Input/Output", async ({ page }) => {
   await page
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByText("Playground", { exact: true }).click();
 
   await page.waitForSelector('[data-testid="input-chat-playground"]', {
@@ -162,6 +166,9 @@ test("user must be able to see output inspection", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByTestId("button_run_chat output").last().click();
 
   await page.waitForTimeout(5000);
@@ -221,6 +228,9 @@ test("user must be able to send an image on chat", async ({ page }) => {
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByText("Chat Input", { exact: true }).click();
   await page.getByTestId("more-options-modal").click();
   await page.getByTestId("edit-button-modal").click();
diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/generalBugs.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/generalBugs.spec.ts
index 6a2cde7a0..b9b8bd9b0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/generalBugs.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/generalBugs.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ test("erase button should clear the chat messages", async ({ page }) => {
   await page
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByText("Playground", { exact: true }).click();
 
   await page.waitForSelector('[data-testid="input-chat-playground"]', {
diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/logs.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/logs.spec.ts
index 8f5ce4a2d..dc9e3aa62 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/logs.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/logs.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ test("should able to see and interact with logs", async ({ page }) => {
   await page
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByTestId("button_run_chat output").first().click();
 
   await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/textInputOutput.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/textInputOutput.spec.ts
index 9857cfba6..403799e80 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/textInputOutput.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/textInputOutput.spec.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ test("TextInputOutputComponent", async ({ page }) => {
   await page
     .getByTestId("popover-anchor-input-openai_api_key")
     .fill(process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("dropdown-model_name").click();
+  await page.getByText("gpt-4o", { exact: true }).click();
+
   await page.getByText("Playground", { exact: true }).click();
   await page.getByText("Run Flow", { exact: true }).click();