diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
index 065c1940..fdef5c41 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import WebSocket = require('ws');
 import { openTerminal, pollFor, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('AttachAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
index 33a0e6fd..f154a30e 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ let isFirefox = false;
 
 describe('FitAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
index 21e9d04b..741ddea2 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { readFile } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Search Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
index 072804f2..992f9351 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('SerializeAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
index cf12dae1..5729751a 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Unicode11Addon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
index 16789233..219e7490 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
index c3e27c7d..a170132a 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ITerminalOptions } from '../../../src/Types';
 import { ITheme } from 'xterm';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page, BrowserType } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 let itWebgl: (expectation: string, callback?: (this: Mocha.ITestCallbackContext, done: MochaDone) => any) => Mocha.ITest | void;
 
-describe('WebGL Renderer Integration Tests', function(): void {
-  const browserType = getBrowserType();
+describe('WebGL Renderer Integration Tests', async () => {
+  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
   const isHeadless = process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1;
   // Firefox works only in non-headless mode https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/1032
   const areTestsEnabled = browserType.name() === 'chromium' || (browserType.name() === 'firefox' && !isHeadless);
@@ -898,7 +898,8 @@ async function getCellColor(col: number, row: number): Promise<number[]> {
 }
 
 async function setupBrowser(options: ITerminalOptions = { rendererType: 'dom' }): Promise<void> {
-  browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+  browser = await browserType.launch({
     headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
     args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec33abce..0946688f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "mustache": "^3.0.1",
     "node-pty": "^0.9.0",
     "nyc": "13",
-    "playwright": "0.11.1",
     "source-map-loader": "^0.2.4",
     "ts-loader": "^6.0.4",
     "tslint": "^5.18.0",
@@ -64,5 +63,8 @@
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.0",
     "ws": "^7.0.0",
     "xterm-benchmark": "^0.1.3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "playwright-core": "^0.11.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
index 1fe8a34d..26cf488e 100644
--- a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('CharWidth Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
index a4d3f82f..881a2e35 100644
--- a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 import { IRenderDimensions } from 'browser/renderer/Types';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let isChromium = false;
 
 describe('InputHandler Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
     isChromium = browserType.name() === 'chromium';
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
diff --git a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
index 27283c19..4867902e 100644
--- a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { pollFor, writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ const cols = 260;
 const rows = 50;
 
 // Wheel events are hacked using private API that is only available in Chromium
-const isChromium = getBrowserType().name() === 'chromium';
-const itMouse = isChromium ? it : it.skip;
+const isChromium = false
 
 // for some reason shift gets not caught by selection manager on macos
 const noShift = process.platform === 'darwin' ? false : true;
@@ -208,9 +207,13 @@ function parseReport(encoding: string, msg: number[]): { state: any; row: number
 /**
  * Mouse tracking tests.
  */
-describe('Mouse Tracking Tests', () => {
+describe('Mouse Tracking Tests', async () => {
+  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+  browserType.name() === 'chromium';
+  const itMouse = isChromium ? it : it.skip;
+
   before(async function(): Promise<void> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/test/api/Parser.api.ts b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
index 5ac287a5..07b677ab 100644
--- a/test/api/Parser.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Parser Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
index 188a6f7c..00eba4bb 100644
--- a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { pollFor, timeout, writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('API Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async () => {
-    browser = await getBrowserType().launch({
+    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
     });
diff --git a/test/api/TestUtils.ts b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
index a78dab44..7bad9b8f 100644
--- a/test/api/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
+import * as playwright from 'playwright-core';
 import deepEqual = require('deep-equal');
 import { ITerminalOptions } from 'xterm';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function openTerminal(page: playwright.Page, options: ITerminalOpti
   }
 }
 
-export function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType {
+export async function getBrowserType(): Promise<playwright.BrowserType> {
   // Default to chromium
   let browserType: playwright.BrowserType = playwright['chromium'];
 
@@ -53,5 +53,7 @@ export function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType {
     }
   }
 
+  await browserType.downloadBrowserIfNeeded();
+
   return browserType;
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74c94d43..c11f1acb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4026,7 +4026,7 @@ pkg-dir@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^3.0.0"
 
-playwright-core@=0.11.1:
+playwright-core@^0.11.1:
   version "0.11.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-0.11.1.tgz#b488ad17015a4d0f54db5a5fb6a9d380afea6d5a"
   integrity sha512-9xsSkXlglvHIAofyNInA1p3beOAOBMWHZgiuH99gX1R8VL6fTXgfWD7pIvt+rJhVMJWMDAyMXRo4TYtYtdspIg==
@@ -4042,13 +4042,6 @@ playwright-core@=0.11.1:
     uuid "^3.4.0"
     ws "^6.1.0"
 
-playwright@0.11.1:
-  version "0.11.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-0.11.1.tgz#e35a2a67d87fdc497a3f706596ea40822f373e82"
-  integrity sha512-Sx/WCb88u6Q73klQKGjGY2PJSbUl7JAHIie3mFGTpXPPo79cmMzVJl2e07v/qO3VGFd13bF4z8vMt2UVPc/ygQ==
-  dependencies:
-    playwright-core "=0.11.1"
-
 pn@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pn/-/pn-1.1.0.tgz#e2f4cef0e219f463c179ab37463e4e1ecdccbafb"