diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dd902189..036e40351 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ COCKPIT_REPO_FILES = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 COCKPIT_REPO_URL = https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git
-COCKPIT_REPO_COMMIT = e61c1de5b7a6069a1f4dec2ce871b2e912921878 # 322 + 42 commits
+COCKPIT_REPO_COMMIT = 79623a0a425600da302f66a2752afe35c96f6cf3 # 323
 
 $(COCKPIT_REPO_FILES): $(COCKPIT_REPO_STAMP)
 COCKPIT_REPO_TREE = '$(strip $(COCKPIT_REPO_COMMIT))^{tree}'
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 0c6bd26af..d5b865e8d 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -2881,9 +2881,13 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
         b.wait_visible(container_1_sel + " .ct-badge-toolbox:contains('toolbox')")
         b.wait_visible(container_2_sel + " .ct-badge-distrobox:contains('distrobox')")
 
+    # this isn't *really* a Firefox bug, but the different timing just triggers this a lot
+    # https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman/issues/1836
+    @testlib.skipBrowser("pod dialog state management is broken", "firefox")
     def testCreatePodSystem(self):
         self._createPod(True)
 
+    @testlib.skipBrowser("pod dialog state management is broken", "firefox")
     def testCreatePodUser(self):
         self._createPod(False)