diff --git a/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh b/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
index d6000bb825..5633041f7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
@@ -157,16 +157,18 @@ cypress-run() {
   local browser=${CYPRESS_BROWSER:-chrome}
 
   export TERM="xterm"
+  export ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU=true # Attempt to disable GPU for Electron-based Cypress
 
   say "::group::Run Cypress for [$page]"
   if [[ -z $CYPRESS_KEY ]]; then
-    $cypress --spec "cypress/e2e/$page" --browser "$browser"
+    xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x24' $cypress --spec "cypress/e2e/$page" --browser "$browser"
   else
     export CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY=$(echo $CYPRESS_KEY | base64 --decode)
     # additional flags for Cypress dashboard recording
-    $cypress --spec "cypress/e2e/$page" --browser "$browser" \
+    xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args='-screen 0, 1024x768x24' $cypress --spec "cypress/e2e/$page" --browser "$browser" \
       --record --group "$group" --tag "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY},${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" \
       --parallel --ci-build-id "${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}-${NONCE}"
+
   fi
 
   # don't add quotes to $record because we do want word splitting