diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/performance_playwright.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/performance_playwright.sh
index de92e00092b17..d84bf77ed54cf 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/performance_playwright.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/performance_playwright.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,30 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
+source .buildkite/scripts/common/setup_bazel.sh
 
 is_test_execution_step
 
-.buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+run_bootstrap() {
+    echo "Running yarn kbn bootstrap --force-install"
+    yarn kbn bootstrap --force-install
+}
+
+echo "--- yarn install and boostrap"
+if ! run_bootstrap; then
+  echo "--- bootstrap failed, trying again in 15 seconds"
+  sleep 15
+
+  # Most bootstrap failures will result in a problem inside node_modules that does not get fixed on the next bootstrap
+  # So, we should just delete node_modules in between attempts
+  rm -rf node_modules
+
+  run_bootstrap
+fi
+
+if [[ "$DISABLE_BOOTSTRAP_VALIDATION" != "true" ]]; then
+  check_for_changed_files 'yarn kbn bootstrap'
+fi
 
 # These tests are running on static workers so we have to make sure we delete previous build of Kibana
 rm -rf "$KIBANA_BUILD_LOCATION"