diff --git a/selenium/che-selenium-test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/selenium/git/GitPullTest.java b/selenium/che-selenium-test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/selenium/git/GitPullTest.java
index f1c53ec18df..3184dbb5285 100644
--- a/selenium/che-selenium-test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/selenium/git/GitPullTest.java
+++ b/selenium/che-selenium-test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/selenium/git/GitPullTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import static org.eclipse.che.selenium.core.constant.TestMenuCommandsConstants.Git.Remotes.PULL;
 import static org.eclipse.che.selenium.core.constant.TestMenuCommandsConstants.Git.Remotes.REMOTES_TOP;
 import static org.eclipse.che.selenium.pageobject.Wizard.TypeProject.BLANK;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.name.Named;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.che.selenium.pageobject.Menu;
 import org.eclipse.che.selenium.pageobject.NotificationsPopupPanel;
 import org.eclipse.che.selenium.pageobject.ProjectExplorer;
+import org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ public void pullTest() throws Exception {
     git.waitGitStatusBarWithMess(
         String.format("Successfully pulled from %s", testRepo.getHtmlUrl()));
 
-    checkPullAfterUpdatingContent(readmeTxtFileName, currentTimeInMillis);
+    checkPullAfterUpdatingContent(jsFileName, currentTimeInMillis);
     checkPullAfterUpdatingContent(htmlFileName, currentTimeInMillis);
     checkPullAfterUpdatingContent(readmeTxtFileName, currentTimeInMillis);
 
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ public void pullTest() throws Exception {
         readmeTxtFileName,
         String.format("/%s/%s/%s", PROJECT_NAME, folderWithPlainFilesPath, readmeTxtFileName));
     checkPullAfterRemovingContent(
-        "README.md",
+        readmeMdFileName,
         String.format("/%s/%s/%s", PROJECT_NAME, folderWithPlainFilesPath, readmeMdFileName));
   }
 
@@ -129,7 +131,14 @@ private void checkPullAfterUpdatingContent(String tabNameOpenedFile, String expe
 
   private void checkPullAfterRemovingContent(
       String tabNameOpenedFile, String pathToItemInProjectExplorer) {
-    editor.waitTabIsNotPresent(tabNameOpenedFile);
+
+    try {
+      editor.waitTabIsNotPresent(tabNameOpenedFile);
+    } catch (TimeoutException ex) {
+      // remove try-catch block after issue has been resolved
+      fail("Known random failure https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/11648");
+    }
+
     projectExplorer.waitLibrariesAreNotPresent(pathToItemInProjectExplorer);
   }
 }