diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
index 0fac0ca37a2..15257e6bfdb 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export function setup() {
 			const app = this.app as Application;
 
 			await app.workbench.search.searchFor('body');
+			await app.workbench.search.expandReplace();
 			await app.workbench.search.setReplaceText('ydob');
 			await app.workbench.search.replaceFileMatch('app.js');
 			await app.workbench.search.waitForResultText('12 results in 4 files');