diff --git a/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/FormsInputDateTest.cs b/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/FormsInputDateTest.cs
index 17903d3887ec..f158dc66a147 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/FormsInputDateTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/test/E2ETest/Tests/FormsInputDateTest.cs
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ public void InputDateInteractsWithEditContext_TimeInput()
         Browser.Equal("modified valid", () => departureTimeInput.GetDomAttribute("class"));
 
         // Can become invalid
-        // Stricly speaking the following is equivalent to the empty state, because that's how incomplete input is represented
+        // Strictly speaking the following is equivalent to the empty state, because that's how incomplete input is represented
         // We don't know of any way to produce a different (non-empty-equivalent) state using UI gestures, so there's nothing else to test
-        departureTimeInput.SendKeys($"20{Keys.Backspace}\t");
+        SetDate(departureTimeInput, $"20{Keys.Backspace}\t");
         Browser.Equal("modified invalid", () => departureTimeInput.GetDomAttribute("class"));
         Browser.Equal(new[] { "The DepartureTime field must be a time." }, messagesAccessor);
     }