diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/internalUserIdentity.spec.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/internalUserIdentity.spec.ts
index 6008049a2aa..569908c5f75 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/internalUserIdentity.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/internalUserIdentity.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ test.describe("Navbar identity scoping", () => {
 
   test("Internal user navbar dropdown shows their own role and user id, not the admin's", async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto("/ui");
-    await expect(page.getByText("Virtual Keys")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+    // Scope to the sidebar; the top-bar breadcrumb also shows "Virtual Keys".
+    await expect(page.getByRole("complementary").getByText("Virtual Keys")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
 
     // The account menu button carries the user's role and email/id in its
     // aria-label (see UserDropdown.tsx). Match by partial role.
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/login.spec.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/login.spec.ts
index d1b64f37156..11febf0ed48 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/login.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/login/login.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ test("user can log in", async ({ page }) => {
   const loginButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Login", exact: true });
   await expect(loginButton).toBeEnabled();
   await loginButton.click();
-  await expect(page.getByText("Virtual Keys")).toBeVisible();
+  // Scope to the sidebar; the top-bar breadcrumb also shows "Virtual Keys".
+  await expect(page.getByRole("complementary").getByText("Virtual Keys")).toBeVisible();
 
   // Match the navbar account button by its stable aria-label (UserDropdown.tsx
   // emits "Account menu — <role> — signed in as <email|id>"). Earlier this used
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/settings/adminSettings.spec.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/settings/adminSettings.spec.ts
index f61532b05a5..c4a14a891d4 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/settings/adminSettings.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/e2e_tests/tests/settings/adminSettings.spec.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ test.describe("Add Model", () => {
 
   test("admin settings test", async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto("/ui");
-    await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /Settings/ }).click();
-    await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /Admin Settings/ }).click();
+    // "Settings" is a collapsible group (button) in the sidebar; expand it, then
+    // click the "Admin Settings" child link. Scope to the complementary landmark.
+    const sidebar = page.getByRole("complementary");
+    await sidebar.getByRole("button", { name: /Settings/ }).click();
+    await sidebar.getByRole("link", { name: /Admin Settings/ }).click();
     await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "UI Settings" }).click();
     await expect(page.getByText("Configuration for UI-specific")).toBeVisible();
   });