diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ui-test.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ui-test.yaml
index b064134..5924d3c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ui-test.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ui-test.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
+        # `--with-deps` would shell out to `sudo apt-get install` for
+        # the system .so libraries, which the host-mode runner cannot
+        # run non-interactively. The host has the deps installed once,
+        # globally; we only need to fetch the browser binaries here.
+        # If a future run fails with missing libraries, install them
+        # on the host via `pnpm exec playwright install-deps` (one
+        # shot, requires sudo).
         working-directory: ui/frontend
-        run: pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps
+        run: pnpm exec playwright install
 
       - name: Run Vitest
         working-directory: ui/frontend