diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..882b0c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+playwright_skip_browser_download=1
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f91e4a7..5ee1298d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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@@ -30396,6 +30336,34 @@
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       }
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+      "dev": true,
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+        "ip": "^1.1.5",
+        "smart-buffer": "^4.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.13.0",
+        "npm": ">= 3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/socks-proxy-agent": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socks-proxy-agent/-/socks-proxy-agent-6.1.1.tgz",
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+        "debug": "^4.3.1",
+        "socks": "^2.6.1"
+      },
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+      }
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@@ -34567,6 +34535,15 @@
         "fd-slicer": "~1.1.0"
       }
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+    "node_modules/yazl": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yazl/-/yazl-2.5.1.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
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+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yn/-/yn-3.1.1.tgz",
@@ -56508,13 +56485,22 @@
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       }
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+    "playwright": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.18.1.tgz",
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+      "requires": {
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+        "commander": "^8.2.0",
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@@ -56525,14 +56511,17 @@
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         "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+        "socks-proxy-agent": "^6.1.0",
         "stack-utils": "^2.0.3",
-        "ws": "^7.3.1"
+        "ws": "^7.4.6",
+        "yauzl": "^2.10.0",
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-8.3.0.tgz",
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@@ -56564,55 +56553,6 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-electron/-/playwright-electron-0.5.0.tgz",
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-      "requires": {
-        "debug": "^4.1.1",
-        "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
-        "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
-        "jpeg-js": "^0.4.2",
-        "mime": "^2.4.6",
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-        "progress": "^2.0.3",
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-          "dev": true,
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-            "debug": "^4.1.1",
-            "get-stream": "^5.1.0",
-            "yauzl": "^2.10.0"
-          }
-        },
-        "get-stream": {
-          "version": "5.2.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-stream/-/get-stream-5.2.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-nBF+F1rAZVCu/p7rjzgA+Yb4lfYXrpl7a6VmJrU8wF9I1CKvP/QwPNZHnOlwbTkY6dvtFIzFMSyQXbLoTQPRpA==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "pump": "^3.0.0"
-          }
-        },
-        "ws": {
-          "version": "7.5.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.5.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-kQ/dHIzuLrS6Je9+uv81ueZomEwH0qVYstcAQ4/Z93K8zeko9gtAbttJWzoC5ukqXY1PpoouV3+VSOqEAFt5wg==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {}
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "please-upgrade-node": {
       "version": "3.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/please-upgrade-node/-/please-upgrade-node-3.2.0.tgz",
@@ -59053,8 +58993,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/smart-buffer/-/smart-buffer-4.2.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-94hK0Hh8rPqQl2xXc3HsaBoOXKV20MToPkcXvwbISWLEs+64sBq5kFgn2kJDHb1Pry9yrP0dxrCI9RRci7RXKg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true
+      "dev": true
     },
     "snapdragon": {
       "version": "0.8.2",
@@ -59222,6 +59161,27 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "socks": {
+      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socks/-/socks-2.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kLQ9N5ucj8uIcxrDwjm0Jsqk06xdpBjGNQtpXy4Q8/QY2k+fY7nZH8CARy+hkbG+SGAovmzzuauCpBlb8FrnBA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "ip": "^1.1.5",
+        "smart-buffer": "^4.1.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "socks-proxy-agent": {
+      "version": "6.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socks-proxy-agent/-/socks-proxy-agent-6.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t8J0kG3csjA4g6FTbsMOWws+7R7vuRC8aQ/wy3/1OWmsgwA68zs/+cExQ0koSitUDXqhufF/YJr9wtNMZHw5Ew==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "agent-base": "^6.0.2",
+        "debug": "^4.3.1",
+        "socks": "^2.6.1"
+      }
+    },
     "source-list-map": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-list-map/-/source-list-map-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -62517,6 +62477,15 @@
         "fd-slicer": "~1.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "yazl": {
+      "version": "2.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yazl/-/yazl-2.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-phENi2PLiHnHb6QBVot+dJnaAZ0xosj7p3fWl+znIjBDlnMI2PsZCJZ306BPTFOaHf5qdDEI8x5qFrSOBN5vrw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "buffer-crc32": "~0.2.3"
+      }
+    },
     "yn": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yn/-/yn-3.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64189609..8c78d230 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "^10.5.4",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^1.6.0",
     "mocha": "^9.2.0",
-    "playwright-core": "^1.9.1",
-    "playwright-electron": "^0.5.0",
+    "playwright": "^1.18.1",
     "postcss": "^8.3.0",
     "postcss-loader": "^5.3.0",
     "prettier": "^2.2.1",
diff --git a/test/e2e/helper.ts b/test/e2e/helper.ts
index 90f17dbe..ed6bad07 100644
--- a/test/e2e/helper.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/helper.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import electronPath = require('electron');
-import { electron, ElectronApplication, Page } from 'playwright-electron';
-import { ElementHandle } from 'playwright-core';
+import { _electron as electron, ElementHandle } from 'playwright';
+import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const startApp = async ({
   sqlectronHome,
@@ -10,18 +9,17 @@ const startApp = async ({
   sqlectronHome: string;
 }): Promise<{ app: ElectronApplication; mainWindow: Page }> => {
   // Start Electron application
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const app: ElectronApplication = await electron.launch(electronPath, {
-    path: electronPath,
+  const app: ElectronApplication = await electron.launch({
     args:
       process.env.DEV_MODE === 'true'
         ? [path.join(__dirname, '../../src/browser/main'), '--dev']
         : [path.join(__dirname, '../../out/browser/main')],
     // MUST pass along the host env variables, otherwise it will
     // crash if we use a custom env variable with tests running with xvfb
-    env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
       SQLECTRON_HOME: sqlectronHome,
-    }),
+    },
   });
 
   const mainWindow = await getAppPage(app);
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ const getAppPage = async (app: ElectronApplication, { waitAppLoad = true } = {})
   // Attempt though 25 times waiting 1s between each attempt
   // to get the application page
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 25; attempt++) {
-    const windows = await app.windows();
+    const windows = app.windows();
 
     for (let i = 0; i < windows.length; i++) {
       const page = windows[i];
diff --git a/test/e2e/test.mainWindow.ts b/test/e2e/test.mainWindow.ts
index c64b4527..e5e7a829 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test.mainWindow.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test.mainWindow.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import helper from './helper';
+import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 describe('MainWindow', function () {
-  let app;
-  let mainWindow;
+  let app: ElectronApplication;
+  let mainWindow: Page;
 
   before(async () => {
     // Makes a copy of the file, because the app writes to it during the startup