diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 791d0610ee..5d2e07a9ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         "@peculiar/webcrypto": "^1.4.3",
         "@percy/cli": "^1.11.0",
         "@percy/cypress": "^3.1.2",
-        "@playwright/test": "^1.40.0",
+        "@playwright/test": "^1.40.1",
         "@testing-library/cypress": "^9.0.0",
         "@testing-library/dom": "^9.0.0",
         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/playwright/plugins/homeserver/synapse/index.ts b/playwright/plugins/homeserver/synapse/index.ts
index ffa0205c69..ee789281ef 100644
--- a/playwright/plugins/homeserver/synapse/index.ts
+++ b/playwright/plugins/homeserver/synapse/index.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ async function cfgDirFromTemplate(opts: StartHomeserverOpts): Promise<Homeserver
     console.log(`Gen -> ${outputSigningKey}`);
     await fse.writeFile(outputSigningKey, `ed25519 x ${signingKey}`);
 
+    // Allow anyone to read, write and execute in the /temp/react-sdk-synapsedocker-xxx directory
+    // so that the DIND setup that we use to update the playwright screenshots work without any issues.
+    await fse.chmod(tempDir, 0o757);
+
     return {
         port,
         baseUrl,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b6f11cc26a..2f357f1366 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2249,12 +2249,12 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz#a77ea742fab25775145434eb1d2328cf5013ac33"
   integrity sha512-+1VkjdD0QBLPodGrJUeqarH8VAIvQODIbwh9XpP5Syisf7YoQgsJKPNFoqqLQlu+VQ/tVSshMR6loPMn8U+dPg==
 
-"@playwright/test@^1.40.0":
-  version "1.40.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.40.0.tgz#d06c506977dd7863aa16e07f2136351ecc1be6ed"
-  integrity sha512-PdW+kn4eV99iP5gxWNSDQCbhMaDVej+RXL5xr6t04nbKLCBwYtA046t7ofoczHOm8u6c+45hpDKQVZqtqwkeQg==
+"@playwright/test@^1.40.1":
+  version "1.40.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.40.1.tgz#9e66322d97b1d74b9f8718bacab15080f24cde65"
+  integrity sha512-EaaawMTOeEItCRvfmkI9v6rBkF1svM8wjl/YPRrg2N2Wmp+4qJYkWtJsbew1szfKKDm6fPLy4YAanBhIlf9dWw==
   dependencies:
-    playwright "1.40.0"
+    playwright "1.40.1"
 
 "@radix-ui/primitive@1.0.1":
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -8424,17 +8424,17 @@ pkg-dir@^4.2.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^4.0.0"
 
-playwright-core@1.40.0:
-  version "1.40.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.40.0.tgz#82f61e5504cb3097803b6f8bbd98190dd34bdf14"
-  integrity sha512-fvKewVJpGeca8t0ipM56jkVSU6Eo0RmFvQ/MaCQNDYm+sdvKkMBBWTE1FdeMqIdumRaXXjZChWHvIzCGM/tA/Q==
+playwright-core@1.40.1:
+  version "1.40.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.40.1.tgz#442d15e86866a87d90d07af528e0afabe4c75c05"
+  integrity sha512-+hkOycxPiV534c4HhpfX6yrlawqVUzITRKwHAmYfmsVreltEl6fAZJ3DPfLMOODw0H3s1Itd6MDCWmP1fl/QvQ==
 
-playwright@1.40.0:
-  version "1.40.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-1.40.0.tgz#2a1824b9fe5c4fe52ed53db9ea68003543a99df0"
-  integrity sha512-gyHAgQjiDf1m34Xpwzaqb76KgfzYrhK7iih+2IzcOCoZWr/8ZqmdBw+t0RU85ZmfJMgtgAiNtBQ/KS2325INXw==
+playwright@1.40.1:
+  version "1.40.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-1.40.1.tgz#a11bf8dca15be5a194851dbbf3df235b9f53d7ae"
+  integrity sha512-2eHI7IioIpQ0bS1Ovg/HszsN/XKNwEG1kbzSDDmADpclKc7CyqkHw7Mg2JCz/bbCxg25QUPcjksoMW7JcIFQmw==
   dependencies:
-    playwright-core "1.40.0"
+    playwright-core "1.40.1"
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "2.3.2"