diff --git a/e2e/next/src/next-playwright.test.ts b/e2e/next/src/next-playwright.test.ts
index 833012b77d2f97..7d5131a3a0d8a1 100644
--- a/e2e/next/src/next-playwright.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/next/src/next-playwright.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Next Playwright e2e tests', () => {
   afterAll(() => cleanupProject());
 
   it('should execute e2e tests using playwright', () => {
-    if (runE2ETests()) {
+    if (runE2ETests('playwright')) {
       const result = runCLI(`e2e ${appName}-e2e --verbose`);
       expect(result).toContain(
         `Successfully ran target e2e for project ${appName}-e2e`
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('Next Playwright e2e tests', () => {
       `
     );
 
-    if (runE2ETests()) {
+    if (runE2ETests('playwright')) {
       const result = runCLI(`e2e ${appName}-e2e --verbose`);
       expect(result).toContain(
         `Successfully ran target e2e for project ${appName}-e2e`
diff --git a/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts b/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
index 695c109ca01736..5cc90aeaa6a859 100644
--- a/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe('Next.js Applications', () => {
 
     runCLI(`generate @nx/next:app ${appName} --no-interactive --style=css`);
 
-    if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
+    if (runE2ETests('playwright')) {
       const e2eResults = runCLI(`e2e-ci ${appName}-e2e --verbose`, {
         verbose: true,
         env: {