diff --git a/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/pages/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeployModal.ts b/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/pages/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeployModal.ts
index 8887055e77..5551e3d10f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/pages/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeployModal.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/pages/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeployModal.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ModelVersionDeployModal extends Modal {
 
   selectProjectByName(name: string) {
     this.findProjectSelector().click();
-    this.find().findByRole('option', { name }).click();
+    this.find().findByRole('option', { name, timeout: 5000 }).click();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeploy.cy.ts b/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeploy.cy.ts
index 0d80fa1d10..a89fe0e42b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeploy.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelRegistry/modelVersionDeploy.cy.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ const initIntercepts = ({
       }),
       mockProjectK8sResource({ k8sName: 'test-project', displayName: 'Test project' }),
     ]),
-  );
+  ).as('getProjects');
 
   cy.interceptOdh(
     `GET /api/service/modelregistry/:serviceName/api/model_registry/:apiVersion/model_versions/:modelVersionId/artifacts`,
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@ describe('Deploy model version', () => {
     cy.visit(`/modelRegistry/modelregistry-sample/registeredModels/1/versions`);
     const modelVersionRow = modelRegistry.getModelVersionRow('test model version');
     modelVersionRow.findKebabAction('Deploy').click();
+    cy.wait('@getProjects');
     modelVersionDeployModal.selectProjectByName('Model mesh project');
     cy.findByText('Multi-model platform is not installed').should('exist');
+    cy.wait('@getProjects');
     modelVersionDeployModal.selectProjectByName('KServe project');
     cy.findByText('Single-model platform is not installed').should('exist');
   });