diff --git a/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts b/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts
index 4bbf0951c..7817171a7 100644
--- a/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts
+++ b/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 // Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
-import path from 'path';
-
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 
 import { test } from './fixtures';
@@ -28,26 +26,29 @@ test.describe('Mobile', () => {
     tmpPath,
     browserName,
   }) => {
-    const notebook = 'empty.ipynb';
-    await page.contents.uploadFile(
-      path.resolve(__dirname, `./notebooks/${notebook}`),
-      `${tmpPath}/${notebook}`
-    );
-    await page.goto(`notebooks/${tmpPath}/${notebook}`);
+    await page.goto(`tree/${tmpPath}`);
+
+    // Create a new notebook
+    const [notebook] = await Promise.all([
+      page.waitForEvent('popup'),
+      page.click('text="New"'),
+      page.click('text="Python 3 (ipykernel)"'),
+    ]);
 
     // wait for the kernel status animations to be finished
-    await waitForKernelReady(page);
+    await waitForKernelReady(notebook);
 
     // force switching back to command mode to avoid capturing the cursor in the screenshot
-    await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    await notebook.evaluate(async () => {
       await window.jupyterapp.commands.execute('notebook:enter-command-mode');
     });
 
     // TODO: remove
     if (browserName === 'firefox') {
-      await hideAddCellButton(page);
+      await hideAddCellButton(notebook);
     }
 
-    expect(await page.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot('notebook.png');
+    expect(await notebook.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot('notebook.png');
+    await notebook.close();
   });
 });
diff --git a/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts-snapshots/notebook-chromium-linux.png b/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts-snapshots/notebook-chromium-linux.png
index 9535be4aa..add05a9ae 100644
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diff --git a/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts-snapshots/notebook-firefox-linux.png b/ui-tests/test/mobile.spec.ts-snapshots/notebook-firefox-linux.png
index bf78c42da..db1c2ea08 100644
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