diff --git a/test/reporter-cucumber-html/check-report/specs/error-in-before-all.test.ts b/test/reporter-cucumber-html/check-report/specs/error-in-before-all.test.ts
index 1b5a03da..7998e584 100644
--- a/test/reporter-cucumber-html/check-report/specs/error-in-before-all.test.ts
+++ b/test/reporter-cucumber-html/check-report/specs/error-in-before-all.test.ts
@@ -2,26 +2,36 @@ import { normalize } from 'node:path';
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { test } from '../fixtures';
 
+import { getPackageVersion } from '../../../../src/utils';
+
+// Download trace appears in the report in case of error in before all hook since 1.42
+const pwVersion = getPackageVersion('@playwright/test');
+const hasDownloadTrace = pwVersion >= '1.42.0';
+
 test.describe('error in anonymous before all hook', () => {
   test.use({ featureUri: 'error-in-before-all/anonymous.feature' });
 
   test('scenario 1', async ({ scenario }) => {
-    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText([
-      `Hook "BeforeAll hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
-      'GivenAction 1',
-      'Download trace',
-    ]);
+    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText(
+      [
+        `Hook "BeforeAll hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
+        'GivenAction 1',
+        hasDownloadTrace ? 'Download trace' : '',
+      ].filter(Boolean),
+    );
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('failed')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('skipped')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getErrors()).toContainText([`expect(true).toEqual(false)`]);
   });
 
   test('scenario 2', async ({ scenario }) => {
-    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText([
-      `Hook "BeforeAll hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
-      'GivenAction 2',
-      'Download trace',
-    ]);
+    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText(
+      [
+        `Hook "BeforeAll hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
+        'GivenAction 2',
+        hasDownloadTrace ? 'Download trace' : '',
+      ].filter(Boolean),
+    );
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('failed')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('skipped')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getErrors()).toContainText([`expect(true).toEqual(false)`]);
@@ -32,11 +42,13 @@ test.describe('error in named before all hook', () => {
   test.use({ featureUri: 'error-in-before-all/named.feature' });
 
   test('scenario 1', async ({ scenario }) => {
-    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText([
-      `Hook "my hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
-      'GivenAction 1',
-      'Download trace',
-    ]);
+    await expect(scenario.getSteps()).toContainText(
+      [
+        `Hook "my hook" failed: ${normalize('features/error-in-before-all/steps.ts')}:`, // prettier-ignore
+        'GivenAction 1',
+        hasDownloadTrace ? 'Download trace' : '',
+      ].filter(Boolean),
+    );
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('failed')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getSteps('skipped')).toHaveCount(1);
     await expect(scenario.getErrors()).toContainText([`expect(true).toEqual(false)`]);