diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/charts/monitoring-istio.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/charts/monitoring-istio.spec.ts
index b985b9798b1..9c3eaf36f8c 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/charts/monitoring-istio.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/charts/monitoring-istio.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ describe('Charts', { tags: ['@charts', '@adminUser'] }, () => {
   const chartsPageUrl = '/c/local/apps/charts/chart?repo-type=cluster&repo=rancher-charts';
 
   describe('Monitoring', () => {
-    const chartsMonitoringPage = `${ chartsPageUrl }&chart=rancher-monitoring`;
+    // Ideally we should not specify this, older versions can disappear / have issues.
+    // However it seems the latest can also have issues (like no matching CRD chart)
+    const monitoringVersion = '103.0.2%2Bup45.31.1';
+    const chartsMonitoringPage = `${ chartsPageUrl }&chart=rancher-monitoring&version=${ monitoringVersion }`;
 
     const chartsPage: ChartsPage = new ChartsPage(chartsMonitoringPage);