diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/JourneyEditor.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/JourneyEditor.svelte.spec.ts
index 01c121d7..4eed135c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/JourneyEditor.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/geschichte/JourneyEditor.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ describe('JourneyEditor — items in position order', () => {
 		];
 		render(JourneyEditor, defaultProps({ geschichte: makeGeschichte({ items }) }));
 
-		const titles = await page.getByText(/Brief [AB]/).all();
-		expect(titles.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
-		// Brief A should appear before Brief B (position 0 first)
-		const textContent = document.body.textContent ?? '';
-		expect(textContent.indexOf('Brief A')).toBeLessThan(textContent.indexOf('Brief B'));
+		// Brief A (position 0) must appear before Brief B (position 1) in DOM order
+		const briefA = page.getByText('Brief A').element();
+		const briefB = page.getByText('Brief B').element();
+		expect(briefA.compareDocumentPosition(briefB) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy();
 	});
 });