diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 825aa4cf..00000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: 'bundler'
-    directory: '/'
-    versioning-strategy: 'lockfile-only'
-    schedule:
-      interval: 'weekly'
-      day: 'friday'
-      time: '05:00'
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: chore
-      include: 'scope'
-
-  - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
-    directory: '/'
-    versioning-strategy: 'increase'
-    schedule:
-      interval: 'weekly'
-      day: 'friday'
-      time: '05:00'
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: chore
-      include: 'scope'
diff --git a/test/application_system_test_case.rb b/test/application_system_test_case.rb
index 3af62a87..f4ad356c 100644
--- a/test/application_system_test_case.rb
+++ b/test/application_system_test_case.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ class ApplicationSystemTestCase < ActionDispatch::SystemTestCase
 
   Capybara.server = :puma, { Silent: true } # removes noisy logs when launching tests
 
-  common_options = %w[window-size=1400,1000 disable-search-engine-choice-screen]
+  # PaintHolding makes Chrome keep displaying the old page during navigation, which causes
+  # Selenium to reference stale DOM nodes and fail with "Node with given id does not belong
+  # to the document". Disabling it lets the page clear immediately on navigation.
+  common_options = %w[window-size=1400,1000 disable-search-engine-choice-screen disable-features=PaintHolding]
 
   Capybara.register_driver :headless_chrome do |app|
     options = Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new(args: %w[headless].concat(common_options))