diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/init.js b/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/init.js
index 639cf05628e4..db6a0aa21821 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/init.js
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/init.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ window.Sentry = Sentry;
 window.Replay = new Sentry.Replay({
   flushMinDelay: 500,
   flushMaxDelay: 500,
-  useCompression: true,
+  useCompression: false,
 });
 
 Sentry.init({
diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/test.ts b/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/test.ts
index fa5a1bdcf7c0..3b711afbfe88 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/suites/replay/requests/test.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import { sentryTest } from '../../../utils/fixtures';
 import { expectedFetchPerformanceSpan, expectedXHRPerformanceSpan } from '../../../utils/replayEventTemplates';
 import { getReplayRecordingContent, shouldSkipReplayTest, waitForReplayRequest } from '../../../utils/replayHelpers';
 
-sentryTest('replay recording should contain fetch request span', async ({ getLocalTestPath, page }) => {
-  if (shouldSkipReplayTest()) {
+sentryTest('replay recording should contain fetch request span', async ({ getLocalTestPath, page, browserName }) => {
+  // For some reason, observing and waiting for requests in firefox is extremely flaky.
+  // We therefore skip this test for firefox and only test on chromium/webkit.
+  // Possibly related: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/11390
+  if (shouldSkipReplayTest() || browserName === 'firefox') {
     sentryTest.skip();
   }
 
@@ -31,18 +34,23 @@ sentryTest('replay recording should contain fetch request span', async ({ getLoc
   const url = await getLocalTestPath({ testDir: __dirname });
 
   await page.goto(url);
-  await page.click('#fetch');
   await page.click('#go-background');
-
   const { performanceSpans: spans0 } = getReplayRecordingContent(await reqPromise0);
+
+  const receivedResponse = page.waitForResponse('https://example.com');
+  await page.click('#fetch');
+  await receivedResponse;
+
   const { performanceSpans: spans1 } = getReplayRecordingContent(await reqPromise1);
-  const performanceSpans = [...spans0, ...spans1];
 
+  const performanceSpans = [...spans0, ...spans1];
   expect(performanceSpans).toContainEqual(expectedFetchPerformanceSpan);
 });
 
-sentryTest('replay recording should contain XHR request span', async ({ getLocalTestPath, page }) => {
-  if (shouldSkipReplayTest()) {
+sentryTest('replay recording should contain XHR request span', async ({ getLocalTestPath, page, browserName }) => {
+  // For some reason, observing and waiting for requests in firefox is extremely flaky.
+  // We therefore skip this test for firefox and only test on chromium/webkit.
+  if (shouldSkipReplayTest() || browserName === 'firefox') {
     sentryTest.skip();
   }
 
@@ -68,11 +76,15 @@ sentryTest('replay recording should contain XHR request span', async ({ getLocal
   const url = await getLocalTestPath({ testDir: __dirname });
 
   await page.goto(url);
-  await page.click('#xhr');
   await page.click('#go-background');
-
   const { performanceSpans: spans0 } = getReplayRecordingContent(await reqPromise0);
+
+  const receivedResponse = page.waitForResponse('https://example.com');
+  await page.click('#xhr');
+  await receivedResponse;
+
   const { performanceSpans: spans1 } = getReplayRecordingContent(await reqPromise1);
+
   const performanceSpans = [...spans0, ...spans1];
 
   expect(performanceSpans).toContainEqual(expectedXHRPerformanceSpan);