diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-dingos-invent.md b/.changeset/sixty-dingos-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f960f96ee73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-dingos-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: update default playwright test case for lib-project
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+default/tests/test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+default/tests/test.ts
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index 09d2c0346e57..000000000000
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+default/tests/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-
-test('about page has expected h1', async ({ page }) => {
-	await page.goto('/about');
-	await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'About this app' })).toBeVisible();
-});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeleton/tests/test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeleton/tests/test.ts
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index 5816be4132cb..000000000000
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeleton/tests/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-
-test('index page has expected h1', async ({ page }) => {
-	await page.goto('/');
-	await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Welcome to SvelteKit' })).toBeVisible();
-});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5816be4132cb..000000000000
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-
-test('index page has expected h1', async ({ page }) => {
-	await page.goto('/');
-	await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Welcome to SvelteKit' })).toBeVisible();
-});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright/tests/test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright/tests/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9985ce113eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright/tests/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+test('home page has expected h1', async ({ page }) => {
+	await page.goto('/');
+	await expect(page.locator('h1')).toBeVisible();
+});