diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/dom_hitbox.cy.js b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/dom_hitbox.cy.js
index 6f226aacc1c7..408c7c3bf5e6 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/dom_hitbox.cy.js
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/dom_hitbox.cy.js
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ describe('rect highlight', { browser: '!webkit' }, () => {
 
   it('correct target position during click', () => {
     clickAndPin('#button')
-    ensureCorrectHighlightPositions('#button')
+    // TODO: We are currently skipping the element comparison on the highlight because
+    // for some reason the `elementFromPoint` is returning the correct element, but with stale styles
+    // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/30526.
+    ensureCorrectHighlightPositions('#button', true)
     ensureCorrectTargetPosition('#button')
   })
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ const ensureCorrectTargetPosition = (sel) => {
   })
 }
 
-const ensureCorrectHighlightPositions = (sel) => {
+const ensureCorrectHighlightPositions = (sel, skipElementComparison) => {
   return cy.wrap(null, { timeout: 4000 }).should(() => {
     const els = {
       content: cy.$$('div[data-layer=Content]'),
@@ -112,12 +115,14 @@ const ensureCorrectHighlightPositions = (sel) => {
       return $el[0].getBoundingClientRect()
     })
 
-    const doc = els.content[0].ownerDocument
+    if (!skipElementComparison) {
+      const doc = els.content[0].ownerDocument
 
-    const contentHighlightCenter = [dims.content.x + dims.content.width / 2, dims.content.y + dims.content.height / 2]
-    const highlightedEl = doc.elementFromPoint(...contentHighlightCenter)
+      const contentHighlightCenter = [dims.content.x + dims.content.width / 2, dims.content.y + dims.content.height / 2]
+      const highlightedEl = doc.elementFromPoint(...contentHighlightCenter)
 
-    expect(highlightedEl).eq(els.content[0])
+      expect(highlightedEl).eq(els.content[0])
+    }
 
     expectToBeInside(dims.content, dims.padding, 'content to be inside padding')
     expectToBeInside(dims.padding, dims.border, 'padding to be inside border')