diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/NewReceiverView.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/NewReceiverView.test.tsx
index e1a1aa5aeba..5e88867f747 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/NewReceiverView.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/NewReceiverView.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { act, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 import { render, screen } from 'test/test-utils';
 import { byLabelText, byPlaceholderText, byRole, byTestId } from 'testing-library-selector';
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ describe('new receiver', () => {
     await user.type(email, 'tester@grafana.com');
 
     // try to test the contact point
-    await user.click(await ui.testContactPointButton.find());
+    // TODO investigate why we need act/fireEvent
+    // see https://github.com/testing-library/react-testing-library/issues/1375
+    // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/no-unnecessary-act, testing-library/prefer-user-event
+    await act(async () => fireEvent.click(await ui.testContactPointButton.find()));
 
     expect(await ui.testContactPointModal.find()).toBeInTheDocument();