diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
index ccded0f324b50..1f152de4f44cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/app/page.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export default function HomePage() {
       <Link href="/static-page" id="to-static-page">
         To Static Page
       </Link>
+      <Link href="/dynamic-page" id="to-dynamic-page-no-params">
+        To Dynamic Page
+      </Link>
       <Link href="/prefetch-auto/foobar" id="to-dynamic-page">
         To Dynamic Slug Page
       </Link>
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
index 8ce13e2fc4b8f..c7c52dda7b4fd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch/prefetching.test.ts
@@ -308,9 +308,11 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
         beforePageLoad(page: Page) {
           page.on('request', async (req: Request) => {
             const url = new URL(req.url())
-            const headers = await req.allHeaders()
-            if (headers['rsc']) {
-              rscRequests.push(url.pathname)
+            if (url.pathname === '/static-page' || url.pathname === '/') {
+              const headers = await req.allHeaders()
+              if (headers['rsc']) {
+                rscRequests.push(url.pathname)
+              }
             }
           })
         },
@@ -344,7 +346,9 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
       // we should be on the static page
       await browser.waitForElementByCss('#static-page')
 
-      // We still shouldn't see any requests
+      await browser.waitForIdleNetwork()
+
+      // We still shouldn't see any requests since it respects the static staletime (default 5m)
       await retry(async () => {
         expect(rscRequests.filter((req) => req === '/static-page').length).toBe(
           0
@@ -358,9 +362,11 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
         beforePageLoad(page: Page) {
           page.on('request', async (req: Request) => {
             const url = new URL(req.url())
-            const headers = await req.allHeaders()
-            if (headers['rsc']) {
-              rscRequests.push(url.pathname)
+            if (url.pathname === '/dynamic-page' || url.pathname === '/') {
+              const headers = await req.allHeaders()
+              if (headers['rsc']) {
+                rscRequests.push(url.pathname)
+              }
             }
           })
         },
@@ -381,6 +387,27 @@ describe('app dir - prefetching', () => {
           rscRequests.filter((req) => req === '/dynamic-page').length
         ).toBe(0)
       })
+
+      // navigate to index
+      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+      // we should be on the index page
+      await browser.waitForElementByCss('#to-dashboard')
+
+      // navigate to the dynamic page
+      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/dynamic-page"]').click()
+
+      // we should be on the dynamic page
+      await browser.waitForElementByCss('#dynamic-page')
+
+      await browser.waitForIdleNetwork()
+
+      // We should see a request for the dynamic page since it respects the dynamic staletime (default 0)
+      await retry(async () => {
+        expect(
+          rscRequests.filter((req) => req === '/dynamic-page').length
+        ).toBe(1)
+      })
     })
   })