diff --git a/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/playwright.config.ts b/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/playwright.config.ts
index 8ce700ec11..a57098b377 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/playwright.config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
   workers: 1, // 1 worker = 1 test at the time, tests can't be parallelized
-  timeout: 30 * 1000, // timeout can be changed
+  timeout: process.env.CI ? 60_000 : 30 * 1000, // timeout can be changed
   use: {
     baseURL: process.env.FRONTEND_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:3001',
     trace: 'retain-on-failure', // trace takes EVERYTHING from page source, records every single step, should be used only when normal debugging won't work
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     testIdAttribute: 'data-testid', // taken from Twenty source
   },
   expect: {
-    timeout: 5000,
+    // CI runners are slow enough that post-mutation UI transitions routinely
+    // exceed 5s; locally keep the tight budget.
+    timeout: process.env.CI ? 15_000 : 5000,
   },
   reporter: [
     [process.env.CI ? 'github' : 'list'],
diff --git a/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/tests/create-kanban-view.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/tests/create-kanban-view.spec.ts
index 31122f071a..0a8a1530e1 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/tests/create-kanban-view.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-e2e-testing/tests/create-kanban-view.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { expect, test } from '../lib/fixtures/screenshot';
 test.describe.serial('Create Kanban View', () => {
+// Unique per run: retries of this serial group re-run field creation against
+// the same database, and a duplicate label makes the form unsubmittable.
+const industryLabel = `Industry ${Date.now()}`;
 test('Create Industry Select Field', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.getByTestId('workspace-dropdown').click();
     await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Settings' }).click();
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ test('Create Industry Select Field', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New Field' }).click();
     await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Select', exact: true }).click();
     await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Employees' }).click();
-    await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Employees' }).fill('Industry');
+    await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Employees' }).fill(industryLabel);
     await page.getByRole('textbox').nth(1).click();
     await page.getByRole('textbox').nth(1).press('ControlOrMeta+a');
     await page.getByRole('textbox').nth(1).fill('Food');
@@ -19,8 +22,8 @@ test('Create Industry Select Field', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Option 3' }).getByRole('textbox').fill('Travel');
     await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }).click();
     await page.waitForURL('**/objects/opportunities');
-    await page.waitForSelector('text=Industry');
-    await expect(page.getByText('Industry')).toBeVisible();
+    await page.waitForSelector(`text=${industryLabel}`);
+    await expect(page.getByText(industryLabel)).toBeVisible();
 });
 
 test('Create Kanban View from Industry Select Field', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ test('Create Kanban View from Industry Select Field', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Table', exact: true }).click();
   await page.getByText('Kanban').click();
   await page.locator('[aria-controls="view-picker-kanban-field-options"]').click();
-  await page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Industry' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', { name: industryLabel }).click();
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create new view' }).click();
   await expect(page.getByText('Food')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30000 });
   await expect(page.getByText('Tech')).toBeVisible();