diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/components/Timeline.tsx b/packages/studio/src/player/components/Timeline.tsx
index 2af548aca4..c50e8d362a 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/components/Timeline.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/components/Timeline.tsx
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export const Timeline = memo(function Timeline({
   return (
     <div
       ref={setContainerRef}
-      aria-label="Timeline"
+      aria-label="Timeline track view"
       data-timeline-element-count={expandedElements.length}
       className={`relative border-t select-none h-full overflow-hidden ${assetDrop.isDragOver ? "ring-1 ring-inset ring-studio-accent/60" : ""} ${activeTool === "razor" ? "cursor-crosshair" : shiftHeld ? "cursor-crosshair" : "cursor-default"}`}
       onMouseMove={updateRazorGuide}
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.test.ts
index 30557fc85d..93eaff8cba 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe("timeline performance diagnostics", () => {
 
   it("reads mounted resources without mutating the timeline", () => {
     document.body.innerHTML = `
-      <div aria-label="Timeline" data-timeline-scheduler-queued="3"
+      <div aria-label="Timeline track view" data-timeline-scheduler-queued="3"
            data-timeline-scheduler-active="2" data-timeline-cache-bytes="4096">
         <div data-timeline-row><div data-clip="true"></div><div data-clip="true"></div></div>
         <div data-timeline-row><div data-clip="true"></div></div>
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ describe("timeline performance diagnostics", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns the zero baseline after unmount or reset removes the DOM", () => {
-    document.body.innerHTML = '<div aria-label="Timeline"><div data-clip="true"></div></div>';
+    document.body.innerHTML =
+      '<div aria-label="Timeline track view"><div data-clip="true"></div></div>';
     expect(readTimelinePerformanceDiagnostics().mountedClipRoots).toBe(1);
 
     document.body.replaceChildren();
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.ts
index 2b30e615d4..6747477618 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelinePerformanceDiagnostics.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function sumDataAttribute(root: ParentNode, selector: string, dataKey: string):
 export function readTimelinePerformanceDiagnostics(
   root: ParentNode = document,
 ): Readonly<TimelinePerformanceDiagnostics> {
-  const timelineRoots = root.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[aria-label="Timeline"]');
+  const timelineRoots = root.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[aria-label="Timeline track view"]');
   let mountedTimelineDescendants = 0;
   for (const timelineRoot of timelineRoots) {
     mountedTimelineDescendants += timelineRoot.querySelectorAll("*").length;
diff --git a/packages/studio/tests/e2e/timeline-virtualization.mjs b/packages/studio/tests/e2e/timeline-virtualization.mjs
index 89e1ea803f..521da8ffee 100644
--- a/packages/studio/tests/e2e/timeline-virtualization.mjs
+++ b/packages/studio/tests/e2e/timeline-virtualization.mjs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async function collectRun(page, injectedLongTaskMs = 0) {
     }
 
     function findTimelineScroller() {
-      const root = document.querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline"]');
+      const root = document.querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline track view"]');
       if (!(root instanceof HTMLElement)) throw new Error("Timeline root not mounted");
       const scroller = root.querySelector("[data-timeline-scroll-viewport]");
       if (!(scroller instanceof HTMLElement)) throw new Error("Timeline scroller not mounted");
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ async function assertLongTaskCapture(browser, longTaskLimitMs, scrollSamplesPerR
   const injectedDurationMs = longTaskLimitMs + 25;
   try {
     await page.setContent(`
-      <div aria-label="Timeline">
+      <div aria-label="Timeline track view">
         <div data-timeline-scroll-viewport style="width:100px;height:100px;overflow:auto">
           <div style="width:1000px;height:1000px"></div>
         </div>
@@ -334,7 +334,9 @@ try {
   }
 
   await page.evaluate(() => window.__studioTest.resetTimelinePerformanceFixture());
-  await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline"]') === null);
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    () => document.querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline track view"]') === null,
+  );
   await waitForStudioTestHookSettle(page);
   await loadFixtureAndWait(page, 1_000, PROFILE);
   await client.send("HeapProfiler.collectGarbage");
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ async function waitForFixtureRender(page, elementCount) {
       modelCount: window.__playerStore?.getState().elements.length ?? null,
       renderedCount:
         document
-          .querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline"]')
+          .querySelector('[aria-label="Timeline track view"]')
           ?.getAttribute("data-timeline-element-count") ?? null,
     }));
     if (observed.renderedCount === String(elementCount)) {