diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/user-menu/preferences.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/user-menu/preferences.spec.ts
index 20998184d6d..4810c899aca 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/user-menu/preferences.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/user-menu/preferences.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ describe('User can update their preferences', () => {
 
     const header = new HeaderPo();
 
+    header.showKubectlExplainTooltip();
+    header.getKubectlExplainTooltipContent().contains('Describe Resource');
+    cy.reload();
     header.showKubectlExplainTooltip();
     header.getKubectlExplainTooltipContent().contains('Describe Resource');
     // EO test https://github.com/rancher/dashboard/issues/10153