diff --git a/client/cypress/e2e/_2makePendingSnapshot.cy.ts b/client/cypress/e2e/_2makePendingSnapshot.cy.ts
index a1b96c0ee4..5a08ab5ac0 100644
--- a/client/cypress/e2e/_2makePendingSnapshot.cy.ts
+++ b/client/cypress/e2e/_2makePendingSnapshot.cy.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
-
 import { mockCoinPricesServer, visitWithLoader } from 'cypress/utils/e2e';
-import { QUERY_KEYS } from 'src/api/queryKeys';
+import { mutateAsyncMakeSnapshot } from 'cypress/utils/moveTime';
 import { IS_ONBOARDING_ALWAYS_VISIBLE, IS_ONBOARDING_DONE } from 'src/constants/localStorageKeys';
-import env from 'src/env';
 import { ROOT_ROUTES } from 'src/routes/RootRoutes/routes';
 
 // In E2E snapshotter is disabled. Before the first test can be run, pending snapshot needs to be done.
@@ -27,20 +24,12 @@ describe('Make pending snapshot', () => {
 
   it('make pending snapshot', () => {
     cy.window().then(async win => {
-      const isDecisionWindowOpen = win.clientReactQuery.getQueryData(
-        QUERY_KEYS.isDecisionWindowOpen,
-      );
-
-      if (!isDecisionWindowOpen) {
-        expect(true).to.be.true;
-        return;
-      }
-
       cy.wrap(null).then(() => {
-        axios.post(`${env.serverEndpoint}snapshots/pending`).then(() => {
-          cy.get('[data-test=SyncView]', { timeout: 60000 }).should('not.exist');
+        return mutateAsyncMakeSnapshot(win, 'pending').then(str => {
+          expect(str).to.eq(true);
         });
       });
+      cy.get('[data-test=SyncView]', { timeout: 60000 }).should('not.exist');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/client/cypress/e2e/project.cy.ts b/client/cypress/e2e/project.cy.ts
index 87e44a94d0..987d29ed04 100644
--- a/client/cypress/e2e/project.cy.ts
+++ b/client/cypress/e2e/project.cy.ts
@@ -150,15 +150,16 @@ Object.values(viewports).forEach(({ device, viewportWidth, viewportHeight }) =>
     });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+      cy.intercept('GET', '**/ipfs/**', req => {
+        req.destroy();
+      });
+
       mockCoinPricesServer();
       localStorage.setItem(IS_ONBOARDING_DONE, 'true');
       visitWithLoader(ROOT_ROUTES.projects.absolute);
     });
 
     it('entering project view shows Toast with info about IPFS failure when all providers fail', () => {
-      cy.intercept('GET', '**/ipfs/**', req => {
-        req.destroy();
-      });
 
       cy.get('[data-test=Toast--ipfsMessage').should('be.visible');
     });
diff --git a/client/cypress/utils/moveTime.ts b/client/cypress/utils/moveTime.ts
index e8ca436043..c5e810b3a1 100644
--- a/client/cypress/utils/moveTime.ts
+++ b/client/cypress/utils/moveTime.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const mutateAsyncMoveToDecisionWindowClosed = (cypressWindow: Cypress.AUTWindow)
     });
   });
 
-const mutateAsyncMakeSnapshot = (
+export const mutateAsyncMakeSnapshot = (
   cypressWindow: Cypress.AUTWindow,
   type: 'finalized' | 'pending',
 ): Promise<any> =>
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index c5b734185c..af7ee80f83 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "vite-plugin-html-config": "^1.0.11"
   },
   "resolutions": {
-    "**/cypress": "12.17.3"
+    "**/cypress": "13.8.1"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 16.13.0 <17.0.0"
diff --git a/client/synpress.config.ts b/client/synpress.config.ts
index 3d6311a099..780da56f26 100644
--- a/client/synpress.config.ts
+++ b/client/synpress.config.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
     supportFile: 'cypress/support/index.ts',
   },
+  video: true,
   viewportHeight: 1080,
   viewportWidth: 1920,
 });
diff --git a/client/yarn.lock b/client/yarn.lock
index 68e34b8693..de7e41a9d8 100644
--- a/client/yarn.lock
+++ b/client/yarn.lock
@@ -958,10 +958,10 @@
     js-yaml "4.1.0"
     nyc "15.1.0"
 
-"@cypress/request@^2.88.11":
-  version "2.88.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cypress/request/-/request-2.88.12.tgz#ba4911431738494a85e93fb04498cb38bc55d590"
-  integrity sha512-tOn+0mDZxASFM+cuAP9szGUGPI1HwWVSvdzm7V4cCsPdFTx6qMj29CwaQmRAMIEhORIUBFBsYROYJcveK4uOjA==
+"@cypress/request@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cypress/request/-/request-3.0.1.tgz#72d7d5425236a2413bd3d8bb66d02d9dc3168960"
+  integrity sha512-TWivJlJi8ZDx2wGOw1dbLuHJKUYX7bWySw377nlnGOW3hP9/MUKIsEdXT/YngWxVdgNCHRBmFlBipE+5/2ZZlQ==
   dependencies:
     aws-sign2 "~0.7.0"
     aws4 "^1.8.0"
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@
     json-stringify-safe "~5.0.1"
     mime-types "~2.1.19"
     performance-now "^2.1.0"
-    qs "~6.10.3"
+    qs "6.10.4"
     safe-buffer "^5.1.2"
     tough-cookie "^4.1.3"
     tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
@@ -3179,11 +3179,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.20.55.tgz#c329cbd434c42164f846b909bd6f85b5537f6240"
   integrity sha512-J8xLz7q2OFulZ2cyGTLE1TbbZcjpno7FaN6zdJNrgAdrJ+DZzh/uFR6YrTb4C+nXakvud8Q4+rbhoIWlYQbUFQ==
 
-"@types/node@^16.18.39":
-  version "16.18.78"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.18.78.tgz#3d97264128712f2eb59f1f8456bcfc5d56d8105c"
-  integrity sha512-2poPMDdsGfvhcLmgJZ85QrIfN6z3PijYRMiV0FWIEUiQW/t/lzH7BEm4vN+HMhjZXbtIKssMcAxTcgu4Rm83YA==
-
 "@types/prettier@^2.6.1":
   version "2.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prettier/-/prettier-2.7.3.tgz#3e51a17e291d01d17d3fc61422015a933af7a08f"
@@ -4930,7 +4925,7 @@ buffer@6.0.3, buffer@^6.0.3, buffer@~6.0.3:
     base64-js "^1.3.1"
     ieee754 "^1.2.1"
 
-buffer@^5.2.1, buffer@^5.5.0, buffer@^5.6.0:
+buffer@^5.2.1, buffer@^5.5.0, buffer@^5.7.1:
   version "5.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer/-/buffer-5.7.1.tgz#ba62e7c13133053582197160851a8f648e99eed0"
   integrity sha512-EHcyIPBQ4BSGlvjB16k5KgAJ27CIsHY/2JBmCRReo48y9rQ3MaUzWX3KVlBa4U7MyX02HdVj0K7C3WaB3ju7FQ==
@@ -5574,20 +5569,19 @@ cypress-wait-until@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress-wait-until/-/cypress-wait-until-2.0.1.tgz#69c575c7207d83e4ae023e2aaecf2b66148c9fc0"
   integrity sha512-+IyVnYNiaX1+C+V/LazrJWAi/CqiwfNoRSrFviECQEyolW1gDRy765PZosL2alSSGK8V10Y7BGfOQyZUDgmnjQ==
 
-cypress@*, cypress@12.17.3:
-  version "12.17.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-12.17.3.tgz#1e2b19037236fc60e4a4b3a14f0846be17a1fc0e"
-  integrity sha512-/R4+xdIDjUSLYkiQfwJd630S81KIgicmQOLXotFxVXkl+eTeVO+3bHXxdi5KBh/OgC33HWN33kHX+0tQR/ZWpg==
+cypress@*, cypress@12.17.3, cypress@13.8.1:
+  version "13.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-13.8.1.tgz#f558e51b770a409e2360031bbd36c3f4fb3f2db4"
+  integrity sha512-Uk6ovhRbTg6FmXjeZW/TkbRM07KPtvM5gah1BIMp4Y2s+i/NMxgaLw0+PbYTOdw1+egE0FP3mWRiGcRkjjmhzA==
   dependencies:
-    "@cypress/request" "^2.88.11"
+    "@cypress/request" "^3.0.0"
     "@cypress/xvfb" "^1.2.4"
-    "@types/node" "^16.18.39"
     "@types/sinonjs__fake-timers" "8.1.1"
     "@types/sizzle" "^2.3.2"
     arch "^2.2.0"
     blob-util "^2.0.2"
     bluebird "^3.7.2"
-    buffer "^5.6.0"
+    buffer "^5.7.1"
     cachedir "^2.3.0"
     chalk "^4.1.0"
     check-more-types "^2.24.0"
@@ -5605,7 +5599,7 @@ cypress@*, cypress@12.17.3:
     figures "^3.2.0"
     fs-extra "^9.1.0"
     getos "^3.2.1"
-    is-ci "^3.0.0"
+    is-ci "^3.0.1"
     is-installed-globally "~0.4.0"
     lazy-ass "^1.6.0"
     listr2 "^3.8.3"
@@ -5614,6 +5608,7 @@ cypress@*, cypress@12.17.3:
     minimist "^1.2.8"
     ospath "^1.2.2"
     pretty-bytes "^5.6.0"
+    process "^0.11.10"
     proxy-from-env "1.0.0"
     request-progress "^3.0.0"
     semver "^7.5.3"
@@ -8448,7 +8443,7 @@ is-callable@^1.1.3, is-callable@^1.1.4, is-callable@^1.2.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-callable/-/is-callable-1.2.7.tgz#3bc2a85ea742d9e36205dcacdd72ca1fdc51b055"
   integrity sha512-1BC0BVFhS/p0qtw6enp8e+8OD0UrK0oFLztSjNzhcKA3WDuJxxAPXzPuPtKkjEY9UUoEWlX/8fgKeu2S8i9JTA==
 
-is-ci@^3.0.0:
+is-ci@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-ci/-/is-ci-3.0.1.tgz#db6ecbed1bd659c43dac0f45661e7674103d1867"
   integrity sha512-ZYvCgrefwqoQ6yTyYUbQu64HsITZ3NfKX1lzaEYdkTDcfKzzCI/wthRRYKkdjHKFVgNiXKAKm65Zo1pk2as/QQ==
@@ -11081,6 +11076,13 @@ qrcode@1.5.3, qrcode@^1.5.1:
     pngjs "^5.0.0"
     yargs "^15.3.1"
 
+qs@6.10.4:
+  version "6.10.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.10.4.tgz#6a3003755add91c0ec9eacdc5f878b034e73f9e7"
+  integrity sha512-OQiU+C+Ds5qiH91qh/mg0w+8nwQuLjM4F4M/PbmhDOoYehPh+Fb0bDjtR1sOvy7YKxvj28Y/M0PhP5uVX0kB+g==
+  dependencies:
+    side-channel "^1.0.4"
+
 qs@6.11.0:
   version "6.11.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.11.0.tgz#fd0d963446f7a65e1367e01abd85429453f0c37a"
@@ -11095,13 +11097,6 @@ qs@^6.10.3:
   dependencies:
     side-channel "^1.0.4"
 
-qs@~6.10.3:
-  version "6.10.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.10.5.tgz#974715920a80ff6a262264acd2c7e6c2a53282b4"
-  integrity sha512-O5RlPh0VFtR78y79rgcgKK4wbAI0C5zGVLztOIdpWX6ep368q5Hv6XRxDvXuZ9q3C6v+e3n8UfZZJw7IIG27eQ==
-  dependencies:
-    side-channel "^1.0.4"
-
 query-string@7.1.3:
   version "7.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/query-string/-/query-string-7.1.3.tgz#a1cf90e994abb113a325804a972d98276fe02328"