diff --git a/cypress/e2e/configuration/navigation.js b/cypress/e2e/configuration/navigation.js
index 6bc63ef13..589312d3f 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/configuration/navigation.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/configuration/navigation.js
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ describe("Tests for menu navigation", () => {
         const itemName = `${startsWith}${faker.datatype.number()}`;
         let selectedItem;
 
+        cy.addAliasToGraphRequest("SearchCategories")
+          .addAliasToGraphRequest("SearchPages")
+          .addAliasToGraphRequest("SearchCollections");
         createNewMenuItem({
           menuId: menu.id,
           name: itemName,
diff --git a/cypress/support/pages/navigationPage.js b/cypress/support/pages/navigationPage.js
index 358565174..3aab49a76 100644
--- a/cypress/support/pages/navigationPage.js
+++ b/cypress/support/pages/navigationPage.js
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export function createNewMenuItem({ menuId, name, menuItemType }) {
 
   return cy
     .visit(menuDetailsUrl(menuId))
+    .wait("@SearchCollections")
+    .wait("@SearchPages")
+    .wait("@SearchCategories")
     .get(MENU_DETAILS.createNewMenuItemButton)
     .click()
     .get(SHARED_ELEMENTS.dialog)
@@ -52,5 +55,5 @@ export function createNewMenuItem({ menuId, name, menuItemType }) {
 export const MENU_ITEM_TYPES = {
   category: "categoryItem",
   collection: "collectionItem",
-  page: "pageItem"
+  page: "pageItem",
 };