diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
--- a/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 const axios = require('axios');
 const {execFileSync} = require('child_process');
-const fs = require('fs');
+// const fs = require('fs');
 const sqlite3 = require('sqlite3').verbose();
 
 let buildId = process.env.CYPRESS_PARALLEL_BUILD_ID;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 function getDatabase() {
   const db = new sqlite3.Database(`./swh-web-test${buildId}.sqlite3`);
   // to prevent "database is locked" error when running tests
+  db.configure('busyTimeout', 20000);
   db.run('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;');
   return db;
 }
@@ -50,16 +51,10 @@
   require('@cypress/code-coverage/task')(on, config);
   // produce JSON files prior launching browser in order to dynamically generate tests
   on('before:browser:launch', function(browser, launchOptions) {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      const p1 = axios.get(`${config.baseUrl}/tests/data/content/code/extensions/`);
-      const p2 = axios.get(`${config.baseUrl}/tests/data/content/code/filenames/`);
-      Promise.all([p1, p2])
-        .then(function(responses) {
-          fs.writeFileSync('cypress/fixtures/source-file-extensions.json', JSON.stringify(responses[0].data));
-          fs.writeFileSync('cypress/fixtures/source-file-names.json', JSON.stringify(responses[1].data));
-          resolve();
-        });
-    });
+    if (browser.name === 'electron') {
+      launchOptions.preferences.webPreferences.additionalArguments = ['--enable-logging=stderr', '--v=1'];
+    }
+    return launchOptions;
   });
   on('task', {
     getSwhTestsData: async() => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^6.7.2",
     "cy2": "^3.2.0",
-    "cypress": "11.0.1",
+    "cypress": "^11.1.0",
     "cypress-hmr-restarter": "^2.0.4",
     "cypress-multi-reporters": "^1.6.1",
     "ejs": "^3.1.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3134,10 +3134,10 @@
     debug "^4.1.1"
     lodash "^4.17.15"
 
-cypress@11.0.1:
-  version "11.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-11.0.1.tgz#5332a1825b37ab3f4f81d74389930c55cc7cf31d"
-  integrity sha512-NuEfd0Vim492RJ3m/+bbTZ3OZrqXgfAfuLaZfIQ9D5lKocS3EDr2tyAarZdAhKwLyoh7OJ33jwMeMFIDbzYqog==
+cypress@^11.1.0:
+  version "11.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-11.1.0.tgz#b8f16495a8a5d8f9a7dd3374ae7b2cef45e9c779"
+  integrity sha512-kzizbG9s3p3ahWqxUwG/21NqLWEGtScMevMyUPeYlcmMX9RzVxWM18MkA3B4Cb3jKx72hSyIE2mHgHymfCM1bg==
   dependencies:
     "@cypress/request" "^2.88.10"
     "@cypress/xvfb" "^1.2.4"