diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 902e79d6..5aaf5c44 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ updates:
       # update-package-lock workflow handles minor/patch updates - delay for a few weeks to give time to handle breaking changes in those PRs
       default-days: 25
       semver-major-days: 5
+      exclude:
+        # relying on Dependabot to manage our playwright updates so we can trigger a release
+        - "playwright"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a598decd..bd4975e1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "glob": "^13",
         "lit": "^2 || ^3",
         "pixelmatch": "^8",
+        "playwright": "~1.64",
         "pngjs": "^7",
         "rollup": "^4"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7ba6fc9..39f24f90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "glob": "^13",
     "lit": "^2 || ^3",
     "pixelmatch": "^8",
+    "playwright": "~1.64",
     "pngjs": "^7",
     "rollup": "^4"
   }
diff --git a/src/server/visual-diff-plugin.js b/src/server/visual-diff-plugin.js
index e0363fca..d3890aba 100644
--- a/src/server/visual-diff-plugin.js
+++ b/src/server/visual-diff-plugin.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async function createComparisonPNGs(original, newSize) {
 function getPixelsDiff(screenshotImage, goldenImage) {
 	const diff = new PNG({ width: screenshotImage.width, height: screenshotImage.height });
 	const pixelsDiff = pixelmatch(
-		screenshotImage.data, goldenImage.data, diff.data, screenshotImage.width, screenshotImage.height, { diffMask: true, threshold: DEFAULT_TOLERANCE }
+		screenshotImage.data, goldenImage.data, diff.data, screenshotImage.width, screenshotImage.height, { diffMask: true, includeAA: true, threshold: DEFAULT_TOLERANCE }
 	);
 	return { diff, pixelsDiff };
 }