diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e2977041eb..065fcb7314 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   CURRENT_STAGING: staging-26
   APP: 'browser-sdk'
-  CURRENT_CI_IMAGE: 113
+  CURRENT_CI_IMAGE: 114
   BUILD_STABLE_REGISTRY: 'registry.ddbuild.io'
   CI_IMAGE: '$BUILD_STABLE_REGISTRY/ci/$APP:$CURRENT_CI_IMAGE'
   GIT_REPOSITORY: 'git@github.com:DataDog/browser-sdk.git'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2aeff9f759..390cdd6f8f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "@eslint/js": "10.0.1",
     "@jsdevtools/coverage-istanbul-loader": "3.0.5",
     "@microsoft/api-extractor": "7.58.9",
-    "@playwright/test": "1.60.0",
+    "@playwright/test": "1.61.0",
     "@swc/core": "1.15.41",
     "@types/busboy": "1.5.4",
     "@types/chrome": "0.1.43",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scripts/pinnedProxy.ts b/test/e2e/scripts/pinnedProxy.ts
index 209780a076..182f2b89e7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scripts/pinnedProxy.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/scripts/pinnedProxy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// WebSocket translation proxy that lets a recent @playwright/test client (1.60) drive an
+// WebSocket translation proxy that lets a recent @playwright/test client (1.61) drive an
 // older `playwright run-server` (1.40). Two layers of translation:
 //
 // 1) HTTP upgrade — the 1.40 server's User-Agent version check rejects mismatched clients
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //
 // Patches were derived from a diff of the JSON-RPC protocol schema in packages/protocol/src
 // (`protocol.yml` up to v1.59.1, `channels.d.ts` from v1.60.0 onward — `protocol.yml` was
-// removed in 1.60) between v1.40.1 and v1.60.0 — only the divergences exercised by this
+// removed in 1.60) between v1.40.1 and v1.61.0 — only the divergences exercised by this
 // repo's e2e tests are translated.
 //
 // Usage: node pinnedProxy.ts --listen 5400 --upstream 127.0.0.1:5401
@@ -269,6 +269,15 @@ function rewriteClientToServer(
   if (typeof msg.method !== 'string') {
     return text
   }
+
+  // __waitInfo__ is a fire-and-forget instrumentation message added in 1.61 (replacing the
+  // old EventTargetChannel.waitForEventInfo pattern). The client never registers a callback
+  // for it, so if the 1.40 server receives it and sends back an error response, the client
+  // throws "Cannot find command to respond: <id>". Drop it instead of forwarding.
+  if (msg.method === '__waitInfo__') {
+    return null
+  }
+
   const type = msg.guid ? guidTypes.get(msg.guid) : undefined
   const params = msg.params || {}
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index abb93809c1..0079d71a24 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1837,14 +1837,14 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@playwright/test@npm:1.60.0":
-  version: 1.60.0
-  resolution: "@playwright/test@npm:1.60.0"
+"@playwright/test@npm:1.61.0":
+  version: 1.61.0
+  resolution: "@playwright/test@npm:1.61.0"
   dependencies:
-    playwright: "npm:1.60.0"
+    playwright: "npm:1.61.0"
   bin:
     playwright: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/86b06e6437933e741c7cd43f362024e857e7bc28a55fcbb0553ef55e01a2a403c64f4786868de8af86a6e303fe99e98a18a42ba19489f43ae122e457f9e2d189
+  checksum: 10c0/993f5e30878f50c92c058f7a37f15bca456b794f2818a8c0b75bf09bc947657d56fee836ff4ebee83a869a3471663f0d61ca4eaaae31dd1bcf8bf4342344be35
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -3923,7 +3923,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@eslint/js": "npm:10.0.1"
     "@jsdevtools/coverage-istanbul-loader": "npm:3.0.5"
     "@microsoft/api-extractor": "npm:7.58.9"
-    "@playwright/test": "npm:1.60.0"
+    "@playwright/test": "npm:1.61.0"
     "@swc/core": "npm:1.15.41"
     "@types/busboy": "npm:1.5.4"
     "@types/chrome": "npm:0.1.43"
@@ -8774,27 +8774,27 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"playwright-core@npm:1.60.0":
-  version: 1.60.0
-  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.60.0"
+"playwright-core@npm:1.61.0":
+  version: 1.61.0
+  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.61.0"
   bin:
     playwright-core: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/99ccd43923b6e9355e0723b7fe221e6326efd4687f8dafff951313662aea11db51f542a9c2122c704c445fb9baae1c9ec9fa6f895126bbddd9fe92313f6942c9
+  checksum: 10c0/64cbf5e9f4ad81cbb005d59417e96435e324a6e3801f1c79b36850ad99f6bb90853c4b569a32c49b9eca1e07925bbb2a5a864babdba2178c3c395e0c589d5941
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"playwright@npm:1.60.0":
-  version: 1.60.0
-  resolution: "playwright@npm:1.60.0"
+"playwright@npm:1.61.0":
+  version: 1.61.0
+  resolution: "playwright@npm:1.61.0"
   dependencies:
     fsevents: "npm:2.3.2"
-    playwright-core: "npm:1.60.0"
+    playwright-core: "npm:1.61.0"
   dependenciesMeta:
     fsevents:
       optional: true
   bin:
     playwright: cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/714ad76d85b4865d7e43c0012f9039800c1485373388973ed39d79339cee5ad467052d1e2f1eaeca107a1cb6e65342186a8578a4c3504853d84c3a691250d5db
+  checksum: 10c0/079dceebe8b745fa6062a3af928024d0c508177fbf15d61dba09ba173f277465ad3746fdc1b31788ade65428f4d3f92fc8083b44c07381b088721eaa2ea06513
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard