diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/dialogs/ResourceInitialSelectionTest.java b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/dialogs/ResourceInitialSelectionTest.java
index 88e456b3085..33dd4f7ebda 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/dialogs/ResourceInitialSelectionTest.java	
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/dialogs/ResourceInitialSelectionTest.java	
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndNoInitialSelectionWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertFalse("One file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -100,6 +103,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndOneInitialSelectionWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertEquals("One file should be selected by default", asList(FILES.get("foo.txt")), selected);
@@ -119,6 +125,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndOneInitialNonExistingSelectionWithInitialPatte
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Don't wait for full refresh - this test checks that invalid initial
+		// selections don't cause a selection before dialog is fully loaded
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertTrue("No file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -136,6 +145,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndOneInitialSelectionWithoutInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertTrue("No file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -155,6 +167,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndOneFilteredSelection() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Don't wait for full refresh - this test checks that filtered initial
+		// selections don't cause a selection before dialog is fully loaded
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertTrue("No file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -174,6 +189,9 @@ public void testSingleSelectionAndTwoInitialSelectionsWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertEquals("The first file should be selected by default", asList(FILES.get("foo.txt")), selected);
@@ -192,6 +210,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndNoInitialSelectionWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertFalse("One file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -211,6 +232,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndOneInitialSelectionWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertEquals("One file should be selected by default", asList(FILES.get("foo.txt")), selected);
@@ -228,6 +252,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndOneInitialSelectionWithoutInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertTrue("No file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -247,6 +274,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndTwoInitialNonExistingSelectionWithInitialPatter
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Don't wait for full refresh - this test checks that invalid initial
+		// selections don't cause a selection before dialog is fully loaded
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 
 		assertTrue("No file should be selected by default", selected.isEmpty());
@@ -266,6 +296,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndSomeInitialNonExistingSelectionWithInitialPatte
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 		Set<IFile> expectedSelection = new HashSet<>(asList(FILES.get("bar.txt"), FILES.get("foofoo")));
 		boolean allInitialElementsAreSelected = expectedSelection.equals(new HashSet<>(selected));
@@ -288,6 +321,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndTwoInitialSelectionsWithInitialPattern() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 		boolean initialElementsAreSelected = selected.containsAll(initialSelection)
 				&& initialSelection.containsAll(selected);
@@ -310,6 +346,9 @@ public void testMultiSelectionAndTwoInitialFilteredSelections() {
 		dialog.open();
 		dialog.refresh();
 
+		// Wait for background refresh jobs to complete
+		waitForDialogRefresh();
+
 		List<Object> selected = getSelectedItems(dialog);
 		List<IFile> expectedSelection = asList(FILES.get("foo.txt"), FILES.get("bar.txt"));
 		boolean initialElementsAreSelected = selected.containsAll(expectedSelection)
@@ -408,6 +447,26 @@ private void processUIEvents() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Wait for dialog refresh jobs to complete and process UI events.
+	 * This ensures background jobs finish before assertions are made.
+	 */
+	private void waitForDialogRefresh() {
+		// Process UI events multiple times to allow background jobs to complete
+		// Similar to the fix in DecoratorAdaptableTests
+		for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+			processUIEvents();
+			try {
+				Thread.sleep(50);
+			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		// Final event loop processing
+		processUIEvents();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Delete project with retry mechanism to handle cases where background jobs
 	 * are still using the project resources.