diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_project.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_project.html.haml
index 92dd558885a..02ecf816e90 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_project.html.haml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           = @project.name
     %ul.sidebar-top-level-items
       = nav_link(path: sidebar_projects_paths, html_options: { class: 'home' }) do
-        = link_to project_path(@project), class: 'shortcuts-project', data: { qa_selector: 'project_link' } do
+        = link_to project_path(@project), class: 'shortcuts-project rspec-project-link', data: { qa_selector: 'project_link' } do
           .nav-icon-container
             = sprite_icon('home')
           %span.nav-item-name
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
       - if project_nav_tab? :pipelines
         = nav_link(controller: [:pipelines, :builds, :jobs, :pipeline_schedules, :artifacts]) do
-          = link_to project_pipelines_path(@project), class: 'shortcuts-pipelines qa-link-pipelines' do
+          = link_to project_pipelines_path(@project), class: 'shortcuts-pipelines qa-link-pipelines rspec-link-pipelines' do
             .nav-icon-container
               = sprite_icon('rocket')
             %span.nav-item-name#js-onboarding-pipelines-link
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_sidebar_toggle_button.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_sidebar_toggle_button.html.haml
index d499bc0a253..c7546073e5c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_sidebar_toggle_button.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_sidebar_toggle_button.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%a.toggle-sidebar-button.js-toggle-sidebar.qa-toggle-sidebar{ role: "button", type: "button", title: "Toggle sidebar" }
+%a.toggle-sidebar-button.js-toggle-sidebar.qa-toggle-sidebar.rspec-toggle-sidebar{ role: "button", type: "button", title: "Toggle sidebar" }
   = sprite_icon('angle-double-left', css_class: 'icon-angle-double-left')
   = sprite_icon('angle-double-right', css_class: 'icon-angle-double-right')
   %span.collapse-text= _("Collapse sidebar")
diff --git a/spec/features/contextual_sidebar_spec.rb b/spec/features/contextual_sidebar_spec.rb
index 9807818bef7..e250e8cc90a 100644
--- a/spec/features/contextual_sidebar_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/contextual_sidebar_spec.rb
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@ describe 'Contextual sidebar', :js do
   it 'shows flyout navs when collapsed or expanded apart from on the active item when expanded' do
     expect(page).not_to have_selector('.js-sidebar-collapsed')
 
-    find('.qa-link-pipelines').hover
+    find('.rspec-link-pipelines').hover
 
     expect(page).to have_selector('.is-showing-fly-out')
 
-    find('a[data-qa-selector="project_link"]').hover
+    find('.rspec-project-link').hover
 
     expect(page).not_to have_selector('.is-showing-fly-out')
 
-    find('.qa-toggle-sidebar').click
+    find('.rspec-toggle-sidebar').click
 
-    find('.qa-link-pipelines').hover
+    find('.rspec-link-pipelines').hover
 
     expect(page).to have_selector('.is-showing-fly-out')
 
-    find('a[data-qa-selector="project_link"]').hover
+    find('.rspec-project-link').hover
 
     expect(page).to have_selector('.is-showing-fly-out')
   end