diff --git a/packages/shared-components/.storybook/test-runner.ts b/packages/shared-components/.storybook/test-runner.ts
index 5f0748115a..f47f09d1df 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/.storybook/test-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-components/.storybook/test-runner.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const config: TestRunnerConfig = {
 
         // If you want to take screenshot of multiple browsers, use
         // page.context().browser().browserType().name() to get the browser name to prefix the file name
-        const image = await page.screenshot();
+        const image = await page.screenshot({animations: "disabled"});
         expect(image).toMatchImageSnapshot({
             customSnapshotsDir,
             customSnapshotIdentifier: `${context.id}-${process.platform}`,
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/playwright/snapshots/room-roomstatusbarview--with-unsent-messages-sending-linux.png b/packages/shared-components/playwright/snapshots/room-roomstatusbarview--with-unsent-messages-sending-linux.png
index 1be48cb592..8f79ab5c2d 100644
Binary files a/packages/shared-components/playwright/snapshots/room-roomstatusbarview--with-unsent-messages-sending-linux.png and b/packages/shared-components/playwright/snapshots/room-roomstatusbarview--with-unsent-messages-sending-linux.png differ