diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 226e8ac1593aa..028a0e32b5890 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@
     "sass-embedded": "^1.70.0",
     "sass-loader": "^10.5.1",
     "sass-resources-loader": "^2.0.1",
-    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.16.0",
+    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.17.0",
     "simple-git": "^3.16.0",
     "sinon": "^7.4.2",
     "sort-package-json": "^1.53.1",
diff --git a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
index ee6f7c36fe349..7ca8ec5006ab5 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function initChromiumOptions(browserType: Browsers, acceptInsecureCerts: boolean
   if (headlessBrowser === '1') {
     // Use --disable-gpu to avoid an error from a missing Mesa library, as per
     // See: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/headless/README.md
-    options.headless();
+    options.addArguments('headless=old');
     options.addArguments('disable-gpu');
   }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function initChromiumOptions(browserType: Browsers, acceptInsecureCerts: boolean
 
   if (remoteDebug === '1') {
     // Visit chrome://inspect in chrome to remotely view/debug
-    options.headless();
+    options.addArguments('headless=old');
     options.addArguments('disable-gpu', 'remote-debugging-port=9222');
   }
 
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ async function attemptToCreateCommand(
         firefoxOptions.setAcceptInsecureCerts(config.acceptInsecureCerts);
 
         if (headlessBrowser === '1') {
-          // See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Headless_mode
-          firefoxOptions.headless();
+          // See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Capabilities/firefoxOptions
+          firefoxOptions.addArguments('-headless');
         }
 
         // Windows issue with stout socket https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/52053
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a4fec04fa65d5..da7d2251a5d8d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -25051,10 +25051,10 @@ select-hose@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/select-hose/-/select-hose-2.0.0.tgz#625d8658f865af43ec962bfc376a37359a4994ca"
   integrity sha1-Yl2GWPhlr0Psliv8N2o3NZpJlMo=
 
-selenium-webdriver@^4.16.0:
-  version "4.16.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/selenium-webdriver/-/selenium-webdriver-4.16.0.tgz#2f1a2426d876aa389d1c937b00f034c2c7808360"
-  integrity sha512-IbqpRpfGE7JDGgXHJeWuCqT/tUqnLvZ14csSwt+S8o4nJo3RtQoE9VR4jB47tP/A8ArkYsh/THuMY6kyRP6kuA==
+selenium-webdriver@^4.17.0:
+  version "4.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/selenium-webdriver/-/selenium-webdriver-4.17.0.tgz#f6c93a9df3e0543df7dc2329d81968af42845a7f"
+  integrity sha512-e2E+2XBlGepzwgFbyQfSwo9Cbj6G5fFfs9MzAS00nC99EewmcS2rwn2MwtgfP7I5p1e7DYv4HQJXtWedsu6DvA==
   dependencies:
     jszip "^3.10.1"
     tmp "^0.2.1"