diff --git a/app/react/components/Widget/WidgetTabs.tsx b/app/react/components/Widget/WidgetTabs.tsx
index a01fb1753..3ff0a08b5 100644
--- a/app/react/components/Widget/WidgetTabs.tsx
+++ b/app/react/components/Widget/WidgetTabs.tsx
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export function findSelectedTabIndex(
 }
 
 export function useCurrentTabIndex(tabs: Tab[]) {
-  const prarms = useCurrentStateAndParams();
-  const currentTabIndex = findSelectedTabIndex(prarms, tabs);
+  const params = useCurrentStateAndParams();
+  const currentTabIndex = findSelectedTabIndex(params, tabs);
 
-  return [currentTabIndex];
+  return currentTabIndex;
 }
diff --git a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.test.tsx b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3f3ad880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { vi } from 'vitest';
+import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+
+import { withTestRouter } from '@/react/test-utils/withRouter';
+import { withTestQueryProvider } from '@/react/test-utils/withTestQuery';
+import { withUserProvider } from '@/react/test-utils/withUserProvider';
+import { UserViewModel } from '@/portainer/models/user';
+
+import { NodeView } from './NodeView';
+
+let mockParams: { endpointId: number; nodeName: string; tab?: string } = {
+  endpointId: 1,
+  nodeName: 'test-node',
+};
+
+// Mock Link component to avoid ui-router relative state resolution in tests
+vi.mock('@@/Link', () => ({
+  Link: ({
+    children,
+    'data-cy': dataCy,
+    params,
+    ...props
+  }: {
+    children: ReactNode;
+    'data-cy'?: string;
+    params?: { tab?: string };
+  }) => (
+    <a
+      data-cy={dataCy}
+      href={`#?tab=${params?.tab ?? ''}`}
+      onClick={() => {
+        if (params?.tab) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define
+          mockParams = { ...mockParams, tab: params.tab };
+        }
+      }}
+      {...props}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </a>
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@uirouter/react', async (importOriginal: () => Promise<object>) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal()),
+  useCurrentStateAndParams: vi.fn(() => ({ params: mockParams })),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./NodeApplicationsDatatable/NodeApplicationsDatatable', () => ({
+  NodeApplicationsDatatable: () => <div data-cy="apps-table" />,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./NodeDetails/NodeDetails', () => ({
+  NodeDetails: () => <div data-cy="node-details">Node details content</div>,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../components/EventsDatatable/ResourceEventsDatatable', () => ({
+  ResourceEventsDatatable: () => (
+    <div data-cy="events-table">Events content</div>
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./NodeYamlInspector', () => ({
+  NodeYamlInspector: () => <div data-cy="yaml-view">YAML content</div>,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/react/hooks/useEnvironmentId', () => ({
+  useEnvironmentId: () => 1,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../queries/useNodeQuery', () => ({
+  useNodeQuery: () => ({ isInitialLoading: false, data: 'uid-123' }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../queries/useEvents', () => ({
+  useEventWarningsCount: () => 0,
+}));
+
+function getWrapped() {
+  const user = new UserViewModel({ Username: 'admin' });
+  const routerConfig = [{ name: 'root', url: '/' }];
+  return withTestQueryProvider(
+    withUserProvider(
+      withTestRouter(NodeView, { route: 'root', stateConfig: routerConfig }),
+      user
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+describe('NodeView tabs', () => {
+  it('switches tabs when user clicks different tab', async () => {
+    const Wrapped = getWrapped();
+    const utils = render(<Wrapped />);
+
+    // initial tab is first: Node details
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('node-details')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('events-table')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('yaml-view')).toBeNull();
+
+    // click Events tab and rerender
+    screen.getByTestId('tab-1').click();
+    utils.rerender(<Wrapped />);
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('node-details')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('events-table')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // click YAML tab and rerender
+    screen.getByTestId('tab-2').click();
+    utils.rerender(<Wrapped />);
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('events-table')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('yaml-view')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // back to Node tab (namespace) and rerender
+    screen.getByTestId('tab-0').click();
+    utils.rerender(<Wrapped />);
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('yaml-view')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('node-details')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.tsx b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.tsx
index 3770e2e9d..7fd5c7054 100644
--- a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.tsx
+++ b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/NodeView/NodeView.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { useEnvironmentId } from '@/react/hooks/useEnvironmentId';
 
 import { PageHeader } from '@@/PageHeader';
 import { Widget, WidgetBody, WidgetTabs } from '@@/Widget';
-import { findSelectedTabIndex, Tab } from '@@/Widget/WidgetTabs';
+import { Tab, useCurrentTabIndex } from '@@/Widget/WidgetTabs';
 import { Badge } from '@@/Badge';
 import { Icon } from '@@/Icon';
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function NodeView() {
       environmentId,
     ]
   );
-  const currentTabIndex = findSelectedTabIndex(stateAndParams, tabs);
+  const currentTabIndex = useCurrentTabIndex(tabs);
 
   return (
     <>