diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.AppLink.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.AppLink.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8644efe01d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.AppLink.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
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+ */
+import { render } from 'spec/helpers/testing-library';
+import { AppLink } from 'src/utils/navigationUtils';
+
+// AppLink renders a real React element via React Testing Library, which is
+// incompatible with the withApplicationRoot fixture's `jest.resetModules()`
+// (it corrupts the testing-library module graph). Mock applicationRoot at
+// file scope and vary per test instead. Variable must start with `mock` to
+// satisfy Jest's hoisted-factory out-of-scope check.
+const mockApplicationRoot = jest.fn<string, []>(() => '');
+
+jest.mock('src/utils/getBootstrapData', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => ({
+    common: { application_root: '', static_assets_prefix: '' },
+  }),
+  applicationRoot: () => mockApplicationRoot(),
+  staticAssetsPrefix: () => '',
+}));
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockApplicationRoot.mockReturnValue('');
+});
+
+test('renders an anchor with prefixed href under subdirectory deployment', () => {
+  mockApplicationRoot.mockReturnValue('/superset');
+  const { container } = render(<AppLink href="/foo">go</AppLink>);
+  const anchor = container.querySelector('a');
+  expect(anchor).not.toBeNull();
+  expect(anchor?.getAttribute('href')).toBe('/superset/foo');
+});
+
+test('passes through other anchor props', () => {
+  const { container } = render(
+    <AppLink href="/foo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+      go
+    </AppLink>,
+  );
+  const anchor = container.querySelector('a');
+  expect(anchor?.getAttribute('target')).toBe('_blank');
+  expect(anchor?.getAttribute('rel')).toBe('noreferrer');
+});
+
+test('passes absolute URLs through without prefixing', () => {
+  mockApplicationRoot.mockReturnValue('/superset');
+  const { container } = render(
+    <AppLink href="https://external.example.com">x</AppLink>,
+  );
+  expect(container.querySelector('a')?.getAttribute('href')).toBe(
+    'https://external.example.com',
+  );
+});
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.test.ts b/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.test.ts
index 2051def78d0..aae326dded0 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/utils/navigationUtils.test.ts
@@ -164,41 +164,10 @@ describe('getShareableUrl', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('AppLink', () => {
-  test('renders an anchor with prefixed href under subdirectory deployment', async () => {
-    await withApplicationRoot('/superset/', async () => {
-      const { AppLink } = await import('src/utils/navigationUtils');
-      const { render } = await import('@testing-library/react');
-      const { container } = render(AppLink({ href: '/foo', children: 'go' }));
-      const anchor = container.querySelector('a');
-      expect(anchor).not.toBeNull();
-      expect(anchor?.getAttribute('href')).toBe('/superset/foo');
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('passes through other anchor props', async () => {
-    await withApplicationRoot('', async () => {
-      const { AppLink } = await import('src/utils/navigationUtils');
-      const { render } = await import('@testing-library/react');
-      const { container } = render(
-        AppLink({ href: '/foo', target: '_blank', rel: 'noreferrer' }),
-      );
-      const anchor = container.querySelector('a');
-      expect(anchor?.getAttribute('target')).toBe('_blank');
-      expect(anchor?.getAttribute('rel')).toBe('noreferrer');
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('passes absolute URLs through without prefixing', async () => {
-    await withApplicationRoot('/superset/', async () => {
-      const { AppLink } = await import('src/utils/navigationUtils');
-      const { render } = await import('@testing-library/react');
-      const { container } = render(
-        AppLink({ href: 'https://external.example.com', children: 'x' }),
-      );
-      expect(container.querySelector('a')?.getAttribute('href')).toBe(
-        'https://external.example.com',
-      );
-    });
-  });
-});
+// AppLink renders a real React element, so its tests can't use
+// withApplicationRoot — `jest.resetModules()` corrupts @testing-library/react
+// when its dist files are re-imported across the reset. Mock applicationRoot
+// at module scope and vary it per test instead.
+//
+// Note: the mock factory is hoisted, so `mockApplicationRoot` must be
+// `mock`-prefixed to satisfy Jest's out-of-scope-variable check.