diff --git a/tests/features/api/api_deposit_open.feature b/tests/features/api/api_deposit_open.feature
index a120c5c6a..8782e7f2d 100644
--- a/tests/features/api/api_deposit_open.feature
+++ b/tests/features/api/api_deposit_open.feature
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Feature: Deposit API (open)
         And deposit exists
         And deposit is archived
         And user viewer is authenticated
-        And as viewer the Yoda browse collections API is queried with <collection>  # Workaround for https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/issues/689
+        And the Yoda browse collections API is queried with <collection>
         Then the response status code is "200"
         And the browse result contains deposit
 
diff --git a/tests/features/api/api_deposit_restricted.feature b/tests/features/api/api_deposit_restricted.feature
index 3155de18e..573957e74 100644
--- a/tests/features/api/api_deposit_restricted.feature
+++ b/tests/features/api/api_deposit_restricted.feature
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Feature: Deposit API (restricted)
         And deposit exists
         And deposit is archived
         And user viewer is authenticated
-        And as viewer the Yoda browse collections API is queried with <collection>  # Workaround for https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/issues/689
+        And the Yoda browse collections API is queried with <collection>
         Then the response status code is "200"
         And the browse result does not contain deposit
 
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index ca93ffea6..6caab6ffa 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requests==2.32.2
 selenium==4.21.0
 splinter==0.21.0
 pytest-splinter==3.3.2
-pytest_bdd==7.2.0
+pytest_bdd==7.3.0
 pytest==8.2.2
 deepdiff==6.6.1
 pyperclip==1.9.0
diff --git a/tests/step_defs/api/test_api_deposit.py b/tests/step_defs/api/test_api_deposit.py
index e4665cb6e..621dcc25c 100644
--- a/tests/step_defs/api/test_api_deposit.py
+++ b/tests/step_defs/api/test_api_deposit.py
@@ -143,13 +143,12 @@ def data_access_restriction_restricted(user, deposit_name):
     )
 
 
-# Workaround for https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/issues/689
-@given(parsers.parse("as viewer the Yoda browse collections API is queried with {collection}"), target_fixture="api_response")
-def api_browse_folder(collection):
+@given(parsers.parse("the Yoda browse collections API is queried with {collection}"), target_fixture="api_response")
+def api_browse_collections(user, collection):
     return api_request(
-        "viewer",
-        "browse_folder",
-        {"coll": collection}
+        user,
+        "browse_collections",
+        {"coll": collection, "sort_order": "desc"}
     )