diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/components/namespace-filter.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/components/namespace-filter.po.ts
index 4747326ffa6..154129d3b2f 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/components/namespace-filter.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/components/namespace-filter.po.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class NamespaceFilterPo extends ComponentPo {
   }
 
   searchByName(label: string) {
-    return this.self().find('.ns-controls > .ns-input').clear().type(label);
+    return this.self().find('.ns-controls > .ns-input > .ns-filter-input').clear().type(label);
   }
 
   clearSearchFilter() {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/explorer2/namespace-picker.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/explorer2/namespace-picker.spec.ts
index df30dfee8ff..815140b2c2b 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/explorer2/namespace-picker.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/explorer2/namespace-picker.spec.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ describe('Namespace picker', { testIsolation: 'off' }, () => {
     namespacePicker.checkIcon().should('have.length', 1);
   });
 
+  it('can filter after making a selection', { tags: ['@explorer2', '@adminUser', '@standardUser'] }, () => {
+    namespacePicker.toggle();
+
+    // Select 'Project: Default'
+    namespacePicker.clickOptionByLabel('Project: Default');
+    namespacePicker.isChecked('Project: Default');
+    namespacePicker.checkIcon().should('have.length', 1);
+
+    namespacePicker.searchByName('cattle-logging-system');
+    namespacePicker.getOptions().find('.ns-option').should('have.length.gte', 1);
+  });
+
   it('can filter options by name', { tags: ['@explorer2', '@adminUser', '@standardUser'] }, () => {
     namespacePicker.toggle();