diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Topbar/index.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Topbar/index.ts
index 95ec7e42f9..0b2c5077f3 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Topbar/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Topbar/index.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ export class TopbarPage extends BasePage {
 
     // verify downloaded content against expected content
     const expectedData = fs.readFileSync(`./fixtures/${verificationFile}`, 'utf8').replace(/\r/g, '').split('\n');
-    const file = fs.readFileSync('./output/at.txt', 'utf8').replace(/\r/g, '').split('\n');
+    let fileStr = fs.readFileSync('./output/at.txt', 'utf8').replace(/\r/g, '');
+    // remove BOM
+    if (fileStr.startsWith('\ufeff')) {
+      fileStr = fileStr.replace('\ufeff', '');
+    }
+    const file = fileStr.split('\n');
     expect(file).toEqual(expectedData);
   }