diff --git a/test/e2e/context.ts b/test/e2e/context.ts
index c190dc1b..028482d2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/context.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/context.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { parseSemver } from '@sentry/utils';
 import { ChildProcess, spawn, spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { rmSync } from 'fs';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export class TestContext {
    */
   public constructor(
     private readonly _electronPath: string,
+    private readonly _electronVersion: string,
     private readonly _appPath: string,
     private readonly _appName: string,
   ) {}
@@ -66,7 +68,15 @@ export class TestContext {
       this._clearAppUserData();
     }
 
-    const childProcess = spawn(this._electronPath, [this._appPath], { env });
+    const version = parseSemver(this._electronVersion);
+
+    const args = [this._appPath];
+    // Older versions of Electron no longer work correctly on 'ubuntu-latest' with sandbox
+    if (process.platform === 'linux' && (version.major || 0) < 13) {
+      args.push('--no-sandbox');
+    }
+
+    const childProcess = spawn(this._electronPath, args, { env });
 
     function logLinesWithoutEmpty(input: string): void {
       input
diff --git a/test/e2e/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/index.test.ts
index 550a003a..5554756e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/index.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('E2E Tests', () => {
                 }
 
                 const [appPath, appName] = await recipe.prepare(this, distDir);
-                testContext = new TestContext(await electronPath, appPath, appName);
+                testContext = new TestContext(await electronPath, electronVersion, appPath, appName);
                 await recipe.runTests(testContext, testServer);
               });
             }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('E2E Tests', () => {
             }
 
             const [appPath, appName] = await recipe.prepare(this, distDir);
-            testContext = new TestContext(await electronPath, appPath, appName);
+            testContext = new TestContext(await electronPath, electronVersion, appPath, appName);
             await recipe.runTests(testContext, testServer);
           });
         }