diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/chat_ui/ChatUI.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/chat_ui/ChatUI.test.tsx
index de079cdebc9..adf91a411e6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/chat_ui/ChatUI.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/chat_ui/ChatUI.test.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const STREAMING_ENABLED_ARG_INDEX = 25;
 
 async function openComboboxByPlaceholder(placeholder: string) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  const combobox = screen.getByPlaceholderText(placeholder);
+  const combobox = await screen.findByPlaceholderText(placeholder);
   await user.click(combobox);
   return combobox;
 }