diff --git a/packages/ui/node/index.ts b/packages/ui/node/index.ts
index 1ae27b6f5bda..5ebda90f8c04 100644
--- a/packages/ui/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/node/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { distClientRoot } from './paths'
 export { distClientRoot }
 
 const UI_TOKEN_COOKIE = 'vitest-ui-token'
+const UI_TOKEN_COOKIE_MAX_AGE = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
 const AUTH_REQUIRED_MESSAGE = 'Vitest UI requires authentication. Open the URL with the token printed in the terminal, e.g. http://localhost:51204/__vitest__/?token=...'
 
 export default (harness: PluginHarness): Vite.Plugin => {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export default (harness: PluginHarness): Vite.Plugin => {
           return serializeCookie(UI_TOKEN_COOKIE, ctx.config.api.token, {
             path: base,
             httpOnly: true,
+            maxAge: UI_TOKEN_COOKIE_MAX_AGE,
             sameSite: 'strict',
           })
         }
diff --git a/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts b/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
index 8b2bcfcd8b0a..fd37c51f03b7 100644
--- a/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ test.describe('ui', () => {
     await assertTestCounts(page, { pass: TEST_COUNTS.pass, fail: TEST_COUNTS.fail })
     expect(page.url()).toBe(`${cleanPageUrl}#/`)
 
+    const tokenCookie = (await page.context().cookies(cleanPageUrl))
+      .find(cookie => cookie.name === 'vitest-ui-token')
+    expect(tokenCookie).toMatchObject({
+      httpOnly: true,
+      sameSite: 'Strict',
+    })
+    expect(tokenCookie!.expires).toBeGreaterThan(
+      Date.now() / 1000 + 60 * 60 * 24 * 364,
+    )
+
     await page.goto(cleanPageUrl)
     await assertTestCounts(page, { pass: TEST_COUNTS.pass, fail: TEST_COUNTS.fail })
     expect(page.url()).toBe(`${cleanPageUrl}#/`)