diff --git a/e2e/public-content.test.ts b/e2e/public-content.test.ts
index 50288b7..5fd2243 100644
--- a/e2e/public-content.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/public-content.test.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ async function setRouteVisibility(
 // New users default to profile_visibility='private' (locked-account
 // model). Tests that need an anon visitor to see the profile in full
 // have to flip the owner to public first.
+//
+// The radio is targeted by name+value rather than getByLabel because
+// the Private radio's help-text label happens to contain the word
+// "public", which trips Playwright's strict-mode match.
 async function setProfileVisibilityPublic(page: Page) {
   await page.goto("/settings");
-  await page.getByLabel("Public").check();
+  await page.locator('input[type=radio][name=profileVisibility][value=public]').check();
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Save$/ }).first().click();
   await page.waitForLoadState("networkidle");
 }
diff --git a/e2e/social.test.ts b/e2e/social.test.ts
index 522c6be..dd0ca1b 100644
--- a/e2e/social.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/social.test.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ async function registerUser(page: Page, email: string, username: string) {
 
 async function setProfileVisibility(page: Page, value: "public" | "private") {
   await page.goto("/settings");
-  if (value === "public") {
-    await page.getByLabel("Public").check();
-  } else {
-    await page.getByLabel(/Private/).check();
-  }
+  // Target the radio by name+value; getByLabel collides because the
+  // help text of one radio mentions the other's word ("public" appears
+  // in the Private radio's helper sentence).
+  await page.locator(`input[type=radio][name=profileVisibility][value=${value}]`).check();
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Save$/ }).first().click();
   await page.waitForLoadState("networkidle");
 }