diff --git a/e2e-tests/.ci/server.generate.sh b/e2e-tests/.ci/server.generate.sh
index a6d365ac10..b64ee64e44 100755
--- a/e2e-tests/.ci/server.generate.sh
+++ b/e2e-tests/.ci/server.generate.sh
@@ -217,14 +217,13 @@ $(if mme2e_is_token_in_list "webhook-interactions" "$ENABLED_DOCKER_SERVICES"; t
 $(if mme2e_is_token_in_list "playwright" "$ENABLED_DOCKER_SERVICES"; then
     echo '
   playwright:
-    image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.43.0-jammy
+    image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.46.1
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
     command: ["until [ -f /var/run/mm_terminate ]; do sleep 5; done"]
     env_file:
       - "./.env.playwright"
     environment:
       CI: "true"
-      NODE_OPTIONS: --no-experimental-fetch
       PW_BASE_URL: http://localhost:8065
       PW_ADMIN_USERNAME: sysadmin
       PW_ADMIN_PASSWORD: Sys@dmin-sample1
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/README.md b/e2e-tests/playwright/README.md
index a894201b1d..bcafd87deb 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/README.md
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ cd server && make run-server
 
 #### 2. Install dependencies and run the test.
 
-Note: If you're using Node.js version 18 and above, you may need to set `NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch'`.
-
 ```
 # Install npm packages
 npm i
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd):/mattermost/" --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwr
 #### 2. Inside the docker container
 
 ```
-export NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch'
 export PW_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8065
 export PW_HEADLESS=true
 cd mattermost/e2e-tests/playwright
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/global_setup.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/global_setup.ts
index 9be3a84001..3fa9e9f293 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/global_setup.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/global_setup.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ async function printClientInfo(client: Client) {
   - LogSettings.EnableDiagnostics           = ${LogSettings?.EnableDiagnostics}`);
 }
 
-async function ensurePluginsLoaded(client: Client) {
+export async function ensurePluginsLoaded(client: Client) {
     const pluginStatus = await client.getPluginStatuses();
     const plugins = await client.getPlugins();
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/package-lock.json b/e2e-tests/playwright/package-lock.json
index 238cec048e..4e7b8b0d8e 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/package-lock.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/package-lock.json
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-            "version": "5.0.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unfetch/-/unfetch-5.0.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-3xM2c89siXg0nHvlmYsQ2zkLASvVMBisZm5lF3gFDqfF2xonNStDJyMpvaOBe0a1Edxmqrf2E0HBdmy9QyZaeg=="
-        },
         "uri-js": {
             "version": "4.4.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uri-js/-/uri-js-4.4.1.tgz",
@@ -4286,11 +4098,6 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-10.0.0.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-8XkAphELsDnEGrDxUOHB3RGvXz6TeuYSGEZBOjtTtPm2lwhGBjLgOzLHB63IUWfBpNucQjND6d3AOudO+H3RWQ=="
         },
-        "web-streams-polyfill": {
-            "version": "3.2.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q=="
-        },
         "which": {
             "version": "2.0.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/package.json b/e2e-tests/playwright/package.json
index 7ea7cc238a..af586d28d2 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/package.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/package.json
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
     "scripts": {
-        "test": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch' PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true playwright test",
-        "test:update-snapshots": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch' PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true playwright test --update-snapshots",
-        "percy": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch' PERCY_TOKEN=$PERCY_TOKEN PW_PERCY_ENABLE=true percy exec -- playwright test --project=chrome --project=ipad",
+        "test": "cross-env PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true playwright test",
+        "test:update-snapshots": "cross-env PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true playwright test --update-snapshots",
+        "percy": "cross-env PERCY_TOKEN=$PERCY_TOKEN PW_PERCY_ENABLE=true percy exec -- playwright test --project=chrome --project=ipad",
         "tsc": "tsc -b",
         "lint": "eslint . --ext .js,.ts",
         "prettier": "prettier . --check",
         "prettier:fix": "prettier --write .",
         "check": "npm run tsc && npm run lint && npm run prettier",
         "codegen": "cross-env playwright codegen $PW_BASE_URL",
-        "playwright-ui": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch' playwright test --ui",
-        "test-slomo": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch' PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true PW_SLOWMO=1000 playwright test",
+        "playwright-ui": "cross-env playwright test --ui",
+        "test-slomo": "cross-env PW_SNAPSHOT_ENABLE=true PW_SLOWMO=1000 playwright test",
         "show-report": "npx playwright show-report",
         "postinstall": "script/post_install.sh"
     },
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
         "chalk": "4.1.2",
         "deepmerge": "4.3.1",
         "dotenv": "16.4.5",
-        "form-data": "4.0.0",
-        "isomorphic-unfetch": "4.0.2",
+        "form-data-encoder": "4.0.2",
+        "formdata-node": "6.0.3",
         "uuid": "10.0.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/flag.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/flag.ts
index 44fd287e1f..1a214d3a4f 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/flag.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/flag.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,41 @@ export async function shouldRunInLinux() {
     await expect(platform, 'Run in Linux or Playwright docker image only').toBe('linux');
 }
 
+export async function ensureLicense() {
+    const {adminClient} = await getAdminClient();
+    let license = await adminClient.getClientLicenseOld();
+
+    if (license?.IsLicensed !== 'true') {
+        const config = await adminClient.getClientConfigOld();
+        await expect(
+            config.ServiceEnvironment === 'dev',
+            'The trial license request fails in the local development environment. Please manually upload the test license.',
+        ).toBeFalsy();
+
+        await requestTrialLicense();
+
+        license = await adminClient.getClientLicenseOld();
+    }
+
+    await expect(license?.IsLicensed === 'true', 'Ensure server has license').toBeTruthy();
+}
+
+export async function requestTrialLicense() {
+    const {adminClient} = await getAdminClient();
+    try {
+        // @ts-expect-error This may fail requesting for trial license
+        await adminClient.requestTrialLicense({
+            receive_emails_accepted: true,
+            terms_accepted: true,
+            users: 100,
+        });
+    } catch (error) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        expect(error, 'Failed to request trial license').toBeFalsy();
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+
 export async function skipIfNoLicense() {
     const {adminClient} = await getAdminClient();
     const license = await adminClient.getClientLicenseOld();
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/client.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/client.ts
index 947dd6f391..7d412849d8 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/client.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/client.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import stream from 'stream';
 
-import FormData from 'form-data';
-import 'isomorphic-unfetch';
+import {FormData} from 'formdata-node';
+import {FormDataEncoder} from 'form-data-encoder';
 
 import testConfig from '@e2e-test.config';
 import Client4 from '@mattermost/client/client4';
@@ -20,115 +21,89 @@ import {UserProfile} from '@mattermost/types/users';
 
 export default class Client extends Client4 {
     getFormDataOptions = (formData: FormData): Options => {
+        const encoder = new FormDataEncoder(formData);
+
         return {
             method: 'post',
-            body: formData,
-            headers: {
-                'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${formData.getBoundary()}`,
-            },
+            body: stream.Readable.from(encoder.encode()),
+            headers: encoder.headers,
+            duplex: 'half',
         };
     };
 
-    uploadProfileImageX = (userId: string, filePath: string) => {
+    readFileAsFormData = (filePath: string, key: string, additionalFields: Record<string, any> = {}) => {
         const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
         const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('image', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
+        formData.append(key, new Blob([fileData]), path.basename(filePath));
 
+        // Append additional fields if provided
+        for (const [field, value] of Object.entries(additionalFields)) {
+            formData.append(field, value);
+        }
+
+        return formData;
+    };
+
+    uploadProfileImageX = (userId: string, filePath: string) => {
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'image');
+        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
         return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getUserRoute(userId)}/image`, options);
     };
 
     setTeamIconX = (teamId: string, filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('image', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'image');
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
         return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getTeamRoute(teamId)}/image`, options);
     };
 
     createCustomEmojiX = (emoji: CustomEmoji, filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('image', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        formData.append('emoji', JSON.stringify(emoji));
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'image', {emoji: JSON.stringify(emoji)});
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
         return this.doFetch<CustomEmoji>(`${this.getEmojisRoute()}`, options);
     };
 
     uploadBrandImageX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('image', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'image');
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
         return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBrandRoute()}/image`, options);
     };
 
-    uploadPublicSamlCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('certificate', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
+    uploadCertificateX = (filePath: string, route: string) => {
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'certificate');
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
+        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(route, options);
+    };
 
-        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/public`, options);
+    uploadPublicSamlCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
+        return this.uploadCertificateX(filePath, `${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/public`);
     };
 
     uploadPrivateSamlCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('certificate', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
-        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/private`, options);
+        return this.uploadCertificateX(filePath, `${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/private`);
     };
 
     uploadPublicLdapCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('certificate', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
-        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/ldap/certificate/public`, options);
+        return this.uploadCertificateX(filePath, `${this.getBaseRoute()}/ldap/certificate/public`);
     };
 
     uploadPrivateLdapCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('certificate', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
-        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/ldap/certificate/private`, options);
+        return this.uploadCertificateX(filePath, `${this.getBaseRoute()}/ldap/certificate/private`);
     };
 
     uploadIdpSamlCertificateX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('certificate', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
-        const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
-        return this.doFetch<StatusOK>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/idp`, options);
+        return this.uploadCertificateX(filePath, `${this.getBaseRoute()}/saml/certificate/idp`);
     };
 
     uploadLicenseX = (filePath: string) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        formData.append('license', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'license');
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
         return this.doFetch<License>(`${this.getBaseRoute()}/license`, options);
     };
 
     uploadPluginX = async (filePath: string, force = false) => {
-        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-        const formData = new FormData();
-        if (force) {
-            formData.append('force', 'true');
-        }
-        formData.append('plugin', fileData, path.basename(filePath));
+        const additionalFields = force ? {force: 'true'} : {};
+        const formData = this.readFileAsFormData(filePath, 'plugin', additionalFields);
         const options = this.getFormDataOptions(formData);
-
         return this.doFetch<PluginManifest>(this.getPluginsRoute(), options);
     };
 }
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/init.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/init.ts
index 6e3ae38929..982d7cbbb1 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/init.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/init.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {expect} from '@playwright/test';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 
-import {ClientError} from '@mattermost/client/client4';
 import {PreferenceType} from '@mattermost/types/preferences';
 import testConfig from '@e2e-test.config';
 
@@ -73,22 +71,8 @@ export async function initSetup({
             townSquareUrl: getUrl(team.name, 'town-square'),
         };
     } catch (error) {
-        // log an error for debugging
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        const err = error as ClientError;
-        if (err.message === 'Could not parse multipart form.') {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-            console.log(chalk.yellow(`node version: ${process.version}\nNODE_OPTIONS: ${process.env.NODE_OPTIONS}`));
-
-            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-            console.log(
-                chalk.green(
-                    `This failed due to the experimental fetch support in Node.js starting v18.0.0.\nYou may set environment variable: "export NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch'", then try again.'`,
-                ),
-            );
-        }
-        expect(err, 'Should not throw an error').toBeFalsy();
-        throw err;
+        expect(error, 'Should not throw an error').toBeFalsy();
+        throw error;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/test_fixture.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/test_fixture.ts
index 2db66a8e97..2ad0ff6317 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/test_fixture.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/test_fixture.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {AxeResults} from 'axe-core';
 import AxeBuilder from '@axe-core/playwright';
 
 import {TestBrowser} from './browser_context';
-import {shouldHaveCallsEnabled, shouldHaveFeatureFlag, shouldRunInLinux, skipIfNoLicense} from './flag';
+import {shouldHaveCallsEnabled, shouldHaveFeatureFlag, shouldRunInLinux, ensureLicense, skipIfNoLicense} from './flag';
 import {initSetup, getAdminClient} from './server';
 import {hideDynamicChannelsContent, waitForAnimationEnd, waitUntil} from './test_action';
 import {pages} from './ui/pages';
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class PlaywrightExtended {
     readonly shouldHaveCallsEnabled;
     readonly shouldHaveFeatureFlag;
     readonly shouldRunInLinux;
+    readonly ensureLicense;
     readonly skipIfNoLicense;
 
     // ./server
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class PlaywrightExtended {
         this.shouldHaveCallsEnabled = shouldHaveCallsEnabled;
         this.shouldHaveFeatureFlag = shouldHaveFeatureFlag;
         this.shouldRunInLinux = shouldRunInLinux;
+        this.ensureLicense = ensureLicense;
         this.skipIfNoLicense = skipIfNoLicense;
 
         // ./server
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index 6b418c51f3..2ae3568cb8 100644
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index 2e0c00388a..897a23fef0 100644
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diff --git a/webapp/platform/types/src/client4.ts b/webapp/platform/types/src/client4.ts
index eb5840ec62..afe6734d17 100644
--- a/webapp/platform/types/src/client4.ts
+++ b/webapp/platform/types/src/client4.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export type Options = {
     body?: any;
     signal?: RequestInit['signal'];
     ignoreStatus?: boolean; /** If true, status codes > 300 are ignored and don't cause an error */
+    duplex?: 'half'; /** Optional, but required for node clients. Must be 'half' for half-duplex fetch; 'full' is reserved for future use. See https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-requestinit-duplex */
 };
 
 export type StatusOK = {