diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/dom.html b/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/dom.html
index 3d29f9b6684a..762e7fa1a18b 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/dom.html
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/dom.html
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@
 
       </div>
 
-      <div id="backslashes">"&lt;OE_D]dQ\</div>
-
       <div id="wrapper">
         <div id="upper">
           <div class="item"><em>New</em> York</div>
diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/querying/querying_spec.js b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/querying/querying_spec.js
index b3061b75be98..39b7050eb60c 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/querying/querying_spec.js
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/querying/querying_spec.js
@@ -1226,6 +1226,7 @@ describe('src/cy/commands/querying', () => {
 
     // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/19116
     it('handles backslashes', () => {
+      $('<div id="backslashes">"&lt;OE_D]dQ\\</div>').appendTo(cy.$$('body'))
       cy.get('#backslashes').contains('"<OE_D]dQ\\')
     })