diff --git a/.changeset/e2e-explore-dao-cards-locator.md b/.changeset/e2e-explore-dao-cards-locator.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..836283bb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/e2e-explore-dao-cards-locator.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@aragon/app": patch
+---
+
+Fix the explore smoke tests' DAO card locator: gov-ui-kit 2.11.1 renders a DataListItem link as an empty overlay named via aria-labelledby, so the card content is no longer inside the link and the tests matched nothing.
diff --git a/apps/app/e2e/helpers/pages/explorePage/explorePage.ts b/apps/app/e2e/helpers/pages/explorePage/explorePage.ts
index 55f0698c42..4794828096 100644
--- a/apps/app/e2e/helpers/pages/explorePage/explorePage.ts
+++ b/apps/app/e2e/helpers/pages/explorePage/explorePage.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,5 @@ export class ExplorePage extends BasePage {
     readonly daoCards = () =>
         this.page
             .getByRole('main')
-            .getByRole('link')
-            .filter({
-                has: this.page.getByRole('heading'),
-            });
+            .locator('div:has(> a[aria-labelledby]):has(h2)');
 }