diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue
index 091d3ce8e8e42fb3a1e4b74f4b554137917b24d0..337d89e7feb6fe37aa1282e6e06025fd344de69e 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ export default {
       required: true,
     },
   },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      transitionProps: {
+        name: 'fade',
+        delay: 200,
+        duration: 300,
+      },
+    };
+  },
   computed: {
     sortedWorkspaces() {
       return [...this.workspaces].sort(sortWorkspacesByTerminatedState);
@@ -117,6 +126,8 @@ export default {
         :items="sortedWorkspaces"
         stacked="sm"
         :fields="$options.fields"
+        :tbody-transition-props="transitionProps"
+        primary-key="name"
         :tbody-tr-attr="(item) => ({ 'data-testid': item.name })"
       >
         <template #cell(status)="{ item }">
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table_spec.js
index dae3911bb803a6ef27290231907ddabdc6c94d9b..a5414ae6cb2168f7ef2e41e8fc66e38a36001431 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table_spec.js
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ describe('workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue', ()
       },
       stubs: {
         UpdateWorkspaceMutation: UpdateWorkspaceMutationStub,
+        // Addition of `tbody-transition-props` in `gl-table-lite` makes the tbody a Vue 'transition-group' component
+        'transition-group': false,
       },
     });
   };
+
   const setupMockTerminatedWorkspace = (extraData = {}) => {
     const customData = cloneDeep(
       USER_WORKSPACES_LIST_QUERY_RESULT.data.currentUser.workspaces.nodes,
@@ -87,12 +90,14 @@ describe('workspaces/common/components/workspaces_list/workspaces_table.vue', ()
 
     customData.unshift({
       ...workspace,
+      name: 'workspace-1-1-idma03',
       actualState: WORKSPACE_STATES.terminated,
       ...extraData,
     });
 
     return customData;
   };
+
   const findUpdateWorkspaceMutation = () => wrapper.findComponent(UpdateWorkspaceMutationStub);
 
   describe('default (with nodes)', () => {