diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/LabelAxis.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/LabelAxis.java
index b8ae969ed..48bbc9fd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/LabelAxis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/LabelAxis.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.jenkinsci.test.acceptance.po;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
 
 /**
@@ -16,11 +17,25 @@ public void select(String name) {
         WebElement checkBox =
                 find(by.path(getPath())).findElement(by.xpath(".//input[@name='values' and @json='%s']", name));
         if (!checkBox.isDisplayed()) {
-            // unfold the labels and slaves sub-nodes
-            find(by.xpath("//div[@class='yahooTree labelAxis-tree']//table[@id='ygtvtableel1']//a"))
-                    .click();
-            find(by.xpath("//div[@class='yahooTree labelAxis-tree']//table[@id='ygtvtableel2']//a"))
-                    .click();
+            try {
+                // unfold the labels and slaves sub-nodes
+                find(by.xpath("(//button[@class='jenkins-button mp-label-axis__button'])[1]"))
+                        .click();
+                find(by.xpath("(//button[@class='jenkins-button mp-label-axis__button'])[2]"))
+                        .click();
+            } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+                // forward compatibility
+            }
+
+            try {
+                // unfold the labels and slaves sub-nodes
+                find(by.xpath("//div[@class='yahooTree labelAxis-tree']//table[@id='ygtvtableel1']//a"))
+                        .click();
+                find(by.xpath("//div[@class='yahooTree labelAxis-tree']//table[@id='ygtvtableel2']//a"))
+                        .click();
+            } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+                // backward compatibility
+            }
 
             waitFor().withTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(3)).until(checkBox::isDisplayed);
         }