diff --git a/ui/admin/app/components/session-recording/player/index.hbs b/ui/admin/app/components/session-recording/player/index.hbs
index bf97e2836..d8850e80f 100644
--- a/ui/admin/app/components/session-recording/player/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/admin/app/components/session-recording/player/index.hbs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     />
   </div>
   <div class='session-recording-player-theme'>
-    <Heap::Player @data={{@asciiCast}} />
+    <Heap::Player @data={{@asciiCast}} @poster='npt:1:30' />
   </div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/admin/package.json b/ui/admin/package.json
index 3701d3c36..0c14420cf 100644
--- a/ui/admin/package.json
+++ b/ui/admin/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "@faker-js/faker": "^7.3.0",
     "@glimmer/component": "^1.1.2",
     "@glimmer/tracking": "^1.1.2",
-    "@hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player": "https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git",
+    "@hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player": "https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git#144eeec053fc5ccf1f0afc244b0afed4b72835b4",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.30.0",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.5",
     "broccoli-asset-rev": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 235950b24..ad5a2a132 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4713,9 +4713,9 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@hashicorp/design-system-tokens/-/design-system-tokens-1.4.1.tgz#461ee2ff7ccc46eb83098c30c20c6bba33e49cd0"
   integrity sha512-e5bolI2Ch1+AW2/tQrkHG6QPx4g1oONum36CfhBmX4gDChpAVoBbTG2BT+XnlBJOM5vk1uuL39ysM5QSn/BZYQ==
 
-"@hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player@https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git":
+"@hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player@https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git#144eeec053fc5ccf1f0afc244b0afed4b72835b4":
   version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git#28dac2ffdac6d6437735eb08751ea2a8f51007fe"
+  resolved "https://github.com/hashicorp/ember-asciinema-player.git#144eeec053fc5ccf1f0afc244b0afed4b72835b4"
   dependencies:
     asciinema-player "^3.0.1"
     ember-auto-import "^2.5.0"