diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/revalidatetag-rsc/revalidatetag-rsc.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/revalidatetag-rsc/revalidatetag-rsc.test.ts
index 5355fb7d1c602f..9bb8d868aa5b88 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/revalidatetag-rsc/revalidatetag-rsc.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/revalidatetag-rsc/revalidatetag-rsc.test.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ describe('revalidateTag-rsc', () => {
     await browser.refresh()
     const randomNumber2 = await browser.elementById('data').text()
     expect(randomNumber).toEqual(randomNumber2)
-
     await browser.elementByCss('#revalidate-via-page').click()
     await browser.waitForElementByCss('#home')
+    // need to refresh to evict client router cache
+    await browser.refresh()
     await browser.elementByCss('#home').click()
     await browser.waitForElementByCss('#data')
     const randomNumber3 = await browser.elementById('data').text()