diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles.vue
index 5f00666b2204a1350064c0c8b8fc04713425fb0b..d79f3422e35a98a1699a06ba39562a1ae82aac96 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles.vue
@@ -56,15 +56,19 @@ export default {
 
         return Math.max(0, activeTabIndex);
       },
+      set(newTabIndex) {
+        const profileTypeName = Object.keys(this.profileSettings)[newTabIndex];
+
+        if (profileTypeName) {
+          window.location.hash = kebabCase(profileTypeName);
+        }
+      },
     },
   },
   created() {
     this.addSmartQueriesForEnabledProfileTypes();
   },
   methods: {
-    setLocationHash(profileType) {
-      window.location.hash = kebabCase(profileType);
-    },
     addSmartQueriesForEnabledProfileTypes() {
       Object.values(this.profileSettings).forEach(({ profileType, graphQL: { query } }) => {
         this.makeProfileTypeReactive(profileType);
@@ -242,11 +246,7 @@ export default {
     </header>
 
     <gl-tabs v-model="tabIndex">
-      <gl-tab
-        v-for="(settings, profileType) in profileSettings"
-        :key="profileType"
-        @click="setLocationHash(profileType)"
-      >
+      <gl-tab v-for="(settings, profileType) in profileSettings" :key="profileType">
         <template #title>
           <span>{{ settings.i18n.tabName }}</span>
         </template>
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles_spec.js
index 6707027d0f30903cfc6ccc7cad6489f059eb2be2..f8f4a17393c267c943ad5166d45c9e8e2d176dd5 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { mount, shallowMount, createWrapper } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { mount, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { within } from '@testing-library/dom';
 import { merge } from 'lodash';
-import { GlDropdown } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlDropdown, GlTabs } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import setWindowLocation from 'helpers/set_window_location_helper';
 import DastProfiles from 'ee/dast_profiles/components/dast_profiles.vue';
 
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ describe('EE - DastProfiles', () => {
   const getDropdownComponent = () => wrapper.find(GlDropdown);
   const getSiteProfilesDropdownItem = text =>
     within(getDropdownComponent().element).queryByText(text);
+  const getTabsComponent = () => wrapper.find(GlTabs);
   const getTab = ({ tabName, selected }) =>
     withinComponent().getByRole('tab', {
       name: tabName,
@@ -161,10 +162,10 @@ describe('EE - DastProfiles', () => {
     });
 
     describe.each`
-      tabName               | givenLocationHash
-      ${'Site Profiles'}    | ${'site-profiles'}
-      ${'Scanner Profiles'} | ${'scanner-profiles'}
-    `('with location hash set to "$givenLocationHash"', ({ tabName, givenLocationHash }) => {
+      tabName               | index | givenLocationHash
+      ${'Site Profiles'}    | ${0}  | ${'site-profiles'}
+      ${'Scanner Profiles'} | ${1}  | ${'scanner-profiles'}
+    `('with location hash set to "$givenLocationHash"', ({ tabName, index, givenLocationHash }) => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         setWindowLocation(`http://foo.com/index#${givenLocationHash}`);
         createFullComponent();
@@ -186,9 +187,7 @@ describe('EE - DastProfiles', () => {
       it('updates the browsers URL to contain the selected tab', () => {
         window.location.hash = '';
 
-        const tab = getTab({ tabName });
-
-        createWrapper(tab).trigger('click');
+        getTabsComponent().vm.$emit('input', index);
 
         expect(window.location.hash).toBe(givenLocationHash);
       });