diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
index cbaf00b7131..71ea587f88a 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ describe("UserSearchModal submit payload", () => {
     const { onSubmit } = setup();
     const user = userEvent.setup({ pointerEventsCheck: PointerEventsCheckLevel.Never });
 
-    await user.click(screen.getByLabelText("Member Role"));
+    act(() => screen.getByLabelText("Member Role").focus());
+    await user.keyboard("{Enter}");
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: /^admin/ }));
     await user.click(save());