diff --git a/apps/metadata-editor-e2e/src/e2e/dashboard.cy.ts b/apps/metadata-editor-e2e/src/e2e/dashboard.cy.ts
index 3ffb45cfc8..14fc84c420 100644
--- a/apps/metadata-editor-e2e/src/e2e/dashboard.cy.ts
+++ b/apps/metadata-editor-e2e/src/e2e/dashboard.cy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 describe('dashboard', () => {
   let pageOne
   describe('pagination', () => {
-    it('should display different results on click on arrow', () => {
+    it('should display different results on click on arrow and change url', () => {
       cy.visit('/')
       cy.get('gn-ui-record-table')
         .find('.record-table-col')
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ describe('dashboard', () => {
         .invoke('text')
         .then((text) => {
           expect(text).not.to.equal(pageOne)
+          cy.url().should('include', 'page=2')
         })
     })
-    it('should display different results on click on specific page', () => {
+    it('should display different results on click on specific page and change url', () => {
       cy.visit('/')
       cy.get('gn-ui-pagination-buttons').find('gn-ui-button').eq(1).click()
       cy.get('gn-ui-record-table')
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ describe('dashboard', () => {
         .invoke('text')
         .then((text) => {
           expect(text).to.equal(pageOne)
+          cy.url().should('include', 'page=1')
         })
     })
   })