diff --git a/ee/spec/features/boards/group_boards/user_edits_issues_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/boards/group_boards/user_edits_issues_spec.rb
index d0f6701b95ad59d7b4cc7c08d1699a9d2a451ece..40ee08ac7ca2242e855dd072f1eb283b340f1ce0 100644
--- a/ee/spec/features/boards/group_boards/user_edits_issues_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/features/boards/group_boards/user_edits_issues_spec.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@
       click_link 'Create group label'
       fill_in 'new_label_name', with: 'test label'
       first('.suggest-colors-dropdown a').click
-      click_button 'Create'
-      wait_for_requests
+
+      # We need to hover before clicking to trigger
+      # dropdown repositioning so that the click isn't flaky
+      create_button = find_button('Create')
+      create_button.hover
+      create_button.click
     end
 
     page.within '.labels' do