diff --git a/e2e/test-helpers/storybook.ts b/e2e/test-helpers/storybook.ts
index fb869eaa78f..4ad1e629816 100644
--- a/e2e/test-helpers/storybook.ts
+++ b/e2e/test-helpers/storybook.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'
 import {parseSync, traverse, types as t} from '@babel/core'
 import type {Page} from '@playwright/test'
 import {kebabCase} from 'change-case'
 import {waitForImages} from './waitForImages'
 
+const AVATAR_IMAGE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../packages/react/static/mock-avatar.png')
+
 type Value =
   | string
   | boolean
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ async function visit(page: Page, options: Options) {
 
   /** Mock live avatar urls to make them stable for visual diffing (vrt) */
   await page.route('https://github.com/*.png', async route => {
-    await route.continue({url: 'https://github.com/primer.png'})
+    await route.fulfill({path: AVATAR_IMAGE_PATH})
   })
 
   await page.goto(url.toString())
diff --git a/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts b/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
index 50a3e3788e8..e17120beed1 100644
--- a/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
+++ b/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const config: StorybookConfig = {
       : // Don't include dev stories in production
         ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/!(*.dev).stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)'],
 
+  staticDirs: ['../static'],
+
   addons: [
     getAbsolutePath('@storybook/addon-a11y'),
     getAbsolutePath('@storybook/addon-links'),
diff --git a/packages/react/static/mock-avatar.png b/packages/react/static/mock-avatar.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..943f77c6749
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/react/static/mock-avatar.png differ