diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/version.yml b/.gitlab/ci/version.yml
index b27315b73c1b8e6118ed9b05aa871f1a09781eb3..3d7ac30ab2d579de2ff48a31e7c4c6daa57e80ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/version.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/version.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_VERSION: "27.4.1"
   EXIFTOOL_VERSION: "12.60"
   GCLOUD_VERSION: "413"
-  GIT_VERSION: "2.49"
+  GIT_VERSION: "2.51"
   GO_VERSION: "1.23"
   GRAPHICSMAGICK_VERSION: "1.3.36"
   HELM_VERSION: "3.16"
diff --git a/ee/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
index a4f1d432dd0cce5d2b6b2afafe66f4632c038e06..76b4ed9728f34e1a0da91c2e91d314fb2410a884 100644
--- a/ee/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 RSpec.describe 'Work item detail', :js, feature_category: :team_planning do
   include ListboxHelpers
 
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let_it_be_with_refind(:user) { create(:user) }
 
   let_it_be(:group) { create(:group, :nested) }
   let_it_be(:root_group) { group.root_ancestor }
diff --git a/ee/spec/features/work_items/epics/epic_work_item_detail_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/work_items/epics/epic_work_item_detail_spec.rb
index 4d96aaec99219cc7e9be1a7e9bf3b94cc8e86756..4f930c7cf8cb214feabcd2e61db16ccab89161e0 100644
--- a/ee/spec/features/work_items/epics/epic_work_item_detail_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/features/work_items/epics/epic_work_item_detail_spec.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   include DragTo
   include ListboxHelpers
 
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:user) { create(:user) }
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:user2) { create(:user, name: 'John') }
+  let_it_be_with_refind(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let_it_be_with_refind(:user2) { create(:user, name: 'John') }
 
   let_it_be(:group) { create(:group, :nested, developers: user) }
   let_it_be(:label) { create(:group_label, group: group) }
diff --git a/qa/Dockerfile b/qa/Dockerfile
index 63d08e6468175eca9299140bbf82ecb1b569cca3..e0f3f5047dd0d7b215c48060c7dc3856d87e93a5 100644
--- a/qa/Dockerfile
+++ b/qa/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG BUILD_OS=debian
-ARG CHROME_VERSION=123
+ARG CHROME_VERSION=133
 ARG DOCKER_VERSION=24.0.5
 ARG GCLOUD_VERSION=413
 ARG GIT_VERSION=2.45
diff --git a/spec/features/group_variables_spec.rb b/spec/features/group_variables_spec.rb
index c2222be1e901e3d826500f954db00a3910a88818..189ec46871ec801bc901e989925957b047096c05 100644
--- a/spec/features/group_variables_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/group_variables_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   before do
     group.add_owner(user)
-    gitlab_sign_in(user)
+    sign_in(user)
 
     visit page_path
     wait_for_requests
diff --git a/spec/features/snippets/user_creates_snippet_spec.rb b/spec/features/snippets/user_creates_snippet_spec.rb
index e49b4707e2ed865c2dddc8682120118d19d8813e..4245839cfd93b4f6ef5d9b6e280fdb78fac0ee30 100644
--- a/spec/features/snippets/user_creates_snippet_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/snippets/user_creates_snippet_spec.rb
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ def fill_form
       # not anymore as requests when they come straight from memory cache.
       # accept_confirm is needed because of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262102
       reqs = inspect_requests do
-        visit("#{link}?ran=#{SecureRandom.base64(20)}") do
-          page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.accept
-        end
+        visit("#{link}?ran=#{SecureRandom.base64(20)}")
       end
       expect(reqs.first.status_code).to eq(200)
     end
diff --git a/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb b/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
index 6b67e5d933e34787e86d364f22517259bdb46695..3a86cba20029ce8e61dde9627e0bf0b7c94907ef 100644
--- a/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/work_items/detail/work_item_detail_spec.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 RSpec.describe 'Work item detail', :js, feature_category: :team_planning do
   include ListboxHelpers
 
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:user) { create(:user) }
-  let_it_be_with_reload(:user2) { create(:user, name: 'John') }
+  let_it_be_with_refind(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let_it_be_with_refind(:user2) { create(:user, name: 'John') }
 
   let_it_be(:group) { create(:group) }
   let_it_be(:project) { create(:project, :public, :repository, group: group) }
diff --git a/spec/support/capybara.rb b/spec/support/capybara.rb
index 10bf75f577f0f8e99c1bd287645c2a1ca343cd5b..7d58a81ede157753a7213b495b07f681a309e2eb 100644
--- a/spec/support/capybara.rb
+++ b/spec/support/capybara.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@
   # Disable /dev/shm use in CI. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/4252
   options.add_argument("disable-dev-shm-usage") if ENV['CI'] || ENV['CI_SERVER']
 
-  # Explicitly set user-data-dir to prevent crashes. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/58882#note_179811508
-  options.add_argument("user-data-dir=/tmp/chrome") if ENV['CI'] || ENV['CI_SERVER']
-
   # Set chrome default download path
   if ENV['DEFAULT_CHROME_DOWNLOAD_PATH']
     options.add_preference("download.default_directory", ENV['DEFAULT_CHROME_DOWNLOAD_PATH'])