diff --git a/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/index.html b/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/index.html
index 4744524a..cb75ba0b 100644
--- a/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/index.html
+++ b/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/index.html
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"
         content="default-src *; style-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'">
 
-  <script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" src="https://ui5.sap.com/1-legacy-free/resources/sap-ui-core.js"
+  <!-- FIXME: Using explicit version instead of /1-legacy-free/ alias due to UI5 CDN resource root bug. Revert to alias once fixed. -->
+  <script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" src="https://ui5.sap.com/1.142.2-legacy-free/resources/sap-ui-core.js"
           data-sap-ui-theme="sap_horizon" data-sap-ui-resourceroots='{"test.Sample": "./"}'
           data-sap-ui-compatVersion="edge"
           data-sap-ui-oninit="module:sap/ui/core/ComponentSupport" data-sap-ui-async="true"
diff --git a/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/test/e2e/ui5-late.test.js b/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/test/e2e/ui5-late.test.js
index e86b9b0d..ddcc1a3d 100644
--- a/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/test/e2e/ui5-late.test.js
+++ b/examples/ui5-v2-js-app/webapp/test/e2e/ui5-late.test.js
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ describe("ui5 basic", () => {
         await browser.$("#user-content-wdi5-").waitForExist()
         // open local app
         await browser.url("http://localhost:8082/index.html")
+
+        // FIXME: UI5 legacy-free CDN build has broken resource root detection — remove once fixed upstream.
+        await browser.execute(() => {
+            if (sap?.ui?.loader) {
+                sap.ui.loader.config({ paths: { "": "https://ui5.sap.com/1.142.2-legacy-free/resources/" } })
+            }
+        })
+
         // do the late injection
         await ui5Service.injectUI5()
     })