diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/layout.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/layout.svelte.spec.ts
index 094918bd..6020faec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/layout.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/layout.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
-import { page, userEvent } from 'vitest/browser';
+import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
 import { createRawSnippet } from 'svelte';
 
 vi.mock('$env/static/public', () => ({ PUBLIC_NOTIFICATION_POLL_MS: '60000' }));
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ describe('Layout – user dropdown', () => {
 
 	it('opens dropdown on button click', async () => {
 		render(Layout, { data: makeData(), children: emptySnippet });
-		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).click();
+		((await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).element()) as HTMLElement).click();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Profil/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 
 	it('profile link points to /profile', async () => {
 		render(Layout, { data: makeData(), children: emptySnippet });
-		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).click();
+		((await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).element()) as HTMLElement).click();
 		await expect
 			.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Profil/i }))
 			.toHaveAttribute('href', '/profile');
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ describe('Layout – user dropdown', () => {
 
 	it('logout button is in the dropdown', async () => {
 		render(Layout, { data: makeData(), children: emptySnippet });
-		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).click();
+		((await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).element()) as HTMLElement).click();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: /Abmelden/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 
 	it('closes dropdown when Escape is pressed', async () => {
 		render(Layout, { data: makeData(), children: emptySnippet });
-		const btn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ });
-		await btn.click();
+		const btnEl = (await page.getByRole('button', { name: /MM/ }).element()) as HTMLElement;
+		btnEl.click();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Profil/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
-		await userEvent.keyboard('{Escape}');
+		btnEl.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true }));
 		await tick();
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Profil/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 	});