diff --git a/client/src/utils/navigation/navigation.yml b/client/src/utils/navigation/navigation.yml
index a6ec2636a79f..6285837e44a8 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/navigation/navigation.yml
+++ b/client/src/utils/navigation/navigation.yml
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ workflow_editor:
   node:
     selectors:
       _: "[node-label='${label}']"
+      by_id: "#wf-node-step-${id}"
       title: '${_} .node-title'
       destroy: '${_} .node-destroy'
       clone: '${_} .node-clone'
diff --git a/lib/galaxy_test/selenium/test_workflow_editor.py b/lib/galaxy_test/selenium/test_workflow_editor.py
index ce5faa2c5093..f15d37846be2 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy_test/selenium/test_workflow_editor.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy_test/selenium/test_workflow_editor.py
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ def test_editor_duplicate_node(self):
         editor.remove_tags_input.wait_for_and_send_keys("#oldboringtag" + Keys.ENTER + Keys.ESCAPE)
         self.sleep_for(self.wait_types.UX_RENDER)
         cat_node.clone.wait_for_and_click()
+        cloned_node = editor.node.by_id(id=2)
+        cloned_node.wait_for_and_click()
         editor.label_input.wait_for_and_send_keys(Keys.BACKSPACE * 20)
         editor.label_input.wait_for_and_send_keys("cloned label")
         output_label = editor.label_output(output="out_file1")