diff --git a/cypress.config.js b/cypress.config.js
index eeab96e6ba9..deb98a2d848 100644
--- a/cypress.config.js
+++ b/cypress.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-const cypress = require("cypress");
-module.exports = {
+const { defineConfig } = require('cypress')
+
+module.exports = defineConfig({
 	e2e: {
 		specPattern: 'cypress/tests/data/**',
 		experimentalSessionAndOrigin: true,
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ module.exports = {
 			},
 			"defaultGenre": "Article Text"
 		},
-		"pluginsFile": "lib/pkp/cypress/plugins/index.js",
+		setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
+			on('<event>', (arg1, arg2) => {
+				"pluginsFile": "lib/pkp/cypress/plugins/index.js",
+			})
+		},
+
 		"watchForFileChanges": false,
 		"defaultCommandTimeout": 10000,
 		"video": false,