diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/update-api-core-tests-to-associate-products-with-orders b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/update-api-core-tests-to-associate-products-with-orders
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a21ebfc233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/update-api-core-tests-to-associate-products-with-orders
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: update
+
+Update playwright api-core-tests to associate orders with real products to prevent extension issues for those that validate product ids
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/orders/order-search.test.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/orders/order-search.test.js
index 03ae15d9253..e7d1f400a58 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/orders/order-search.test.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/api-core-tests/tests/orders/order-search.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ const { test, expect } = require( '@playwright/test' );
 
 const { getOrderExampleSearchTest } = require( '../../data/order' );
 const { customerShippingSearchTest } = require( '../../data/shared/customer' );
+const {
+	simpleProduct,
+} = require('../../data/products-crud');
 
 /**
  * Order to be searched
@@ -55,6 +58,15 @@ const searchParams = [
  */
 test.describe( 'Order Search API tests', () => {
 	test.beforeAll( async ( { request } ) => {
+		// Create a product to be associated with the order
+		const productResponse = await request.post('wp-json/wc/v3/products', {
+			data: simpleProduct,
+		});
+		const productResponseJSON = await productResponse.json();
+
+		// Save the created product id against the order line_items
+		order.line_items[0].product_id = productResponseJSON.id;
+
 		// Create an order and save its ID
 		const response = await request.post( '/wp-json/wc/v3/orders', {
 			data: order,
@@ -64,6 +76,10 @@ test.describe( 'Order Search API tests', () => {
 	} );
 
 	test.afterAll( async ( { request } ) => {
+		// Cleanup: Delete the product
+		await request.delete( `/wp-json/wc/v3/products/${ order.line_items[0].product_id }`, {
+			data: { force: true },
+		} );
 		// Cleanup: Delete the order
 		await request.delete( `/wp-json/wc/v3/orders/${ order.id }`, {
 			data: { force: true },