diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fe2fa5c4e3f..467f41ec155 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
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+      "bin": {
+        "playwright": "cli.js"
+      },
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+        "node": ">=18"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "fsevents": "2.3.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@playwright/cli/node_modules/playwright-core": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42f49e9b34d..4aeb079f7e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     "@microsoft/1ds-core-js": "^3.2.13",
     "@microsoft/1ds-post-js": "^3.2.13",
     "@parcel/watcher": "^2.5.6",
+    "@playwright/cli": "^0.1.1",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
     "@vscode/codicons": "^0.0.45-11",
     "@vscode/deviceid": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/test/e2e/README.md b/src/vs/sessions/test/e2e/README.md
index 0c0e3525344..63eec9078d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/test/e2e/README.md
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/test/e2e/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Agent Sessions — E2E Tests
 
 Automated dogfooding tests for the Agent Sessions window using
-[`playwright-cli`](https://github.com/anthropics/playwright-cli) and a lightweight
+[`playwright-cli`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli) and a lightweight
 web server that serves Sessions in a browser.
 
 ## Architecture
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ scripts/
   ```
 - `playwright-cli` installed globally:
   ```bash
-  npm install -g @anthropics/playwright-cli
+  npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest
   ```
 
 ## Running