diff --git a/browse/src/browser-manager.ts b/browse/src/browser-manager.ts
index cdbd5fc50..d27e92977 100644
--- a/browse/src/browser-manager.ts
+++ b/browse/src/browser-manager.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,10 @@ export class BrowserManager {
       args: launchArgs,
       viewport: null,  // Use browser's default viewport (real window size)
       userAgent: this.customUserAgent || customUA,
-      ...(executablePath ? { executablePath } : {}),
+      // Playwright 1.49+ defaults headless:true to chrome-headless-shell, which
+      // cannot load Chrome extensions. Explicitly pin the full Chromium binary
+      // so future Playwright upgrades don't silently break /open-gstack-browser.
+      executablePath: executablePath || chromium.executablePath(),
       ...(this.proxyConfig ? { proxy: this.proxyConfig } : {}),
       // Playwright adds flags that block extension loading
       ignoreDefaultArgs: [
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 96fda00aa..069cc3c63 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         "@ngrok/ngrok": "^1.7.0",
         "diff": "^7.0.0",
         "marked": "^18.0.2",
-        "playwright": "^1.58.2",
+        "playwright": "^1.60.0",
+        "playwright-core": "^1.60.0",
         "puppeteer-core": "^24.40.0",
         "socks": "^2.8.8",
       },
@@ -426,9 +427,9 @@
 
     "platform": ["platform@1.3.6", "", {}, "sha512-fnWVljUchTro6RiCFvCXBbNhJc2NijN7oIQxbwsyL0buWJPG85v81ehlHI9fXrJsMNgTofEoWIQeClKpgxFLrg=="],
 
-    "playwright": ["playwright@1.58.2", "", { "dependencies": { "playwright-core": "1.58.2" }, "optionalDependencies": { "fsevents": "2.3.2" }, "bin": { "playwright": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-vA30H8Nvkq/cPBnNw4Q8TWz1EJyqgpuinBcHET0YVJVFldr8JDNiU9LaWAE1KqSkRYazuaBhTpB5ZzShOezQ6A=="],
+    "playwright": ["playwright@1.60.0", "", { "dependencies": { "playwright-core": "1.60.0" }, "optionalDependencies": { "fsevents": "2.3.2" }, "bin": { "playwright": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-hheHdokM8cdqCb0lcE3s+zT4t4W+vvjpGxsZlDnikarzx8tSzMebh3UiFtgqwFwnTnjYQcsyMF8ei2mCO/tpeA=="],
 
-    "playwright-core": ["playwright-core@1.58.2", "", { "bin": { "playwright-core": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-yZkEtftgwS8CsfYo7nm0KE8jsvm6i/PTgVtB8DL726wNf6H2IMsDuxCpJj59KDaxCtSnrWan2AeDqM7JBaultg=="],
+    "playwright-core": ["playwright-core@1.60.0", "", { "bin": { "playwright-core": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-9bW6zvX/m0lEbgTKJ6YppOKx8H3VOPBMOCFh2irXFOT4BbHgrx5hPjwJYLT40Lu+4qtD36qKc/Hn56StUW57IA=="],
 
     "progress": ["progress@2.0.3", "", {}, "sha512-7PiHtLll5LdnKIMw100I+8xJXR5gW2QwWYkT6iJva0bXitZKa/XMrSbdmg3r2Xnaidz9Qumd0VPaMrZlF9V9sA=="],
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3851a78bd..efb8e741b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
     "@ngrok/ngrok": "^1.7.0",
     "diff": "^7.0.0",
     "marked": "^18.0.2",
-    "playwright": "^1.58.2",
+    "playwright": "^1.60.0",
+    "playwright-core": "^1.60.0",
     "puppeteer-core": "^24.40.0",
     "socks": "^2.8.8"
   },