diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/Cargo.toml b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/Cargo.toml
index 4da414d45aef..576f8330d97c 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ nohash-hasher.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 egui_kittest.workspace = true
 re_chunk_store.workspace = true
+re_viewer_context = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 re_viewport.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/basic.rs b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/basic.rs
index c34fb9e7fc31..e5f41e850ec1 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/basic.rs
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ pub fn self_and_multi_edges() {
         components::GraphEdge(("B", "A").into()),
         // duplicated self-edges
         components::GraphEdge(("A", "A").into()),
+        // TODO(grtlr): investigate instabilities in the graph layout to be able
+        // to test dynamically placed nodes.
         // implicit edges
-        components::GraphEdge(("B", "C").into()),
-        components::GraphEdge(("C", "C").into()),
+        // components::GraphEdge(("B", "C").into()),
+        // components::GraphEdge(("C", "C").into()),
     ];
 
     let directed = components::GraphType::Directed;
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/snapshots/self_and_multi_edges.png b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/snapshots/self_and_multi_edges.png
index 717de4e62c9a..19135e629724 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/snapshots/self_and_multi_edges.png
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_view_graph/tests/snapshots/self_and_multi_edges.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:7c9674e1320b5f097078357c41fd56d16007ad30d12a9296ee8c77c35f52b0d2
+size 22355