diff --git a/web/cypress/e2e/coo/02.acm_alerting_ui.cy.ts b/web/cypress/e2e/coo/02.acm_alerting_ui.cy.ts
index a2f1c79d..6b15968c 100644
--- a/web/cypress/e2e/coo/02.acm_alerting_ui.cy.ts
+++ b/web/cypress/e2e/coo/02.acm_alerting_ui.cy.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('ACM Alerting UI', { tags: ['@coo', '@alerts'] }, () => {
 
   it('Navigate to Fleet Management > local-cluster > Observe > Alerting', () => {
     // check monitoring-plugin UI is not been affected
+    cy.switchPerspective('Core platform');
     nav.sidenav.clickNavLink(['Observe', 'Alerting']);
     commonPages.titleShouldHaveText('Alerting')
     nav.sidenav.clickNavLink(['Observe', 'Metrics']);
diff --git a/web/cypress/support/commands/operator-commands.ts b/web/cypress/support/commands/operator-commands.ts
index bc88096e..94b50511 100644
--- a/web/cypress/support/commands/operator-commands.ts
+++ b/web/cypress/support/commands/operator-commands.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ const operatorUtils = {
         cy.log(`Observability-operator pod is now running in namespace: ${MCP.namespace}`);
       });
     });
-    
+
+    cy.switchPerspective('Core platform');
     cy.get('#page-sidebar').then(($sidebar) => {
       const section = $sidebar.text().includes('Ecosystem') ? 'Ecosystem' : 'Operators';
       nav.sidenav.clickNavLink([section, 'Installed Operators']);