diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/type.ts b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/type.ts
index a00836000ef6..e131970b38f8 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/type.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/actions/type.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) {
     }
 
     const type = function () {
+      const isFirefoxBefore98 = Cypress.isBrowser('firefox') && Cypress.browserMajorVersion() < 98
+
       const simulateSubmitHandler = function () {
         const form = options.$el.parents('form')
 
@@ -231,11 +233,11 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) {
           return
         }
 
-        // In Firefox, submit event is automatically fired
+        // Before Firefox 98, submit event is automatically fired
         // when we send {Enter} KeyboardEvent to the input fields.
         // Because of that, we don't have to click the submit buttons.
         // Otherwise, we trigger submit events twice.
-        if (!Cypress.isBrowser('firefox')) {
+        if (!isFirefoxBefore98) {
           // issue the click event to the 'default button' of the form
           // we need this to be synchronous so not going through our
           // own click command
@@ -274,7 +276,6 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) {
 
       const isContentEditable = $elements.isContentEditable(options.$el.get(0))
       const isTextarea = $elements.isTextarea(options.$el.get(0))
-      const isFirefoxBefore98 = Cypress.isBrowser('firefox') && Cypress.browserMajorVersion() < 98
 
       const fireClickEvent = (el) => {
         const ctor = $dom.getDocumentFromElement(el).defaultView!.PointerEvent