diff --git a/src/components/Navigation/Pages/PageBrowse/PageBrowse.js b/src/components/Navigation/Pages/PageBrowse/PageBrowse.js
index 38a19dda..9a617a43 100644
--- a/src/components/Navigation/Pages/PageBrowse/PageBrowse.js
+++ b/src/components/Navigation/Pages/PageBrowse/PageBrowse.js
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import searchSvg from '../../../../images/icons/searchSvg.svg'
 class PageBrowse extends SystemManagedList {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
+    // keep the state initialized by SystemManagedList (e.g. sequence), otherwise sequence + 1 ends up as NaN
     this.state = {
+      ...this.state,
       activeSort: 'releaseDate-desc',
       searchFocused: false,
       selectedProvider: providers[0],
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/PageBrowse.test.js b/src/components/__tests__/PageBrowse.test.js
index a8b3059a..ac4e0fee 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/PageBrowse.test.js
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/PageBrowse.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { render, act } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
 import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
 import configureMockStore from 'redux-mock-store'
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk'
 import ConnectedPageBrowse from '../Navigation/Pages/PageBrowse'
 
+let mockComponentListProps = null
+jest.mock('../ComponentList', () => props => {
+  mockComponentListProps = props
+  return null
+})
+
 const middlewares = [thunk]
 const mockStore = configureMockStore(middlewares)
 
@@ -51,7 +57,22 @@ const renderWithProviders = (ui, { store = defaultStore } = {}) => {
 }
 
 describe('PageBrowse', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockComponentListProps = null
+  })
+
   it('renders without crashing', () => {
     renderWithProviders(<ConnectedPageBrowse {...defaultProps} />)
   })
+
+  it('keeps a numeric sequence when a component is expanded', async () => {
+    renderWithProviders(<ConnectedPageBrowse {...defaultProps} />)
+    expect(mockComponentListProps.sequence).toBe(0)
+
+    const component = { type: 'npm', provider: 'npmjs', name: 'test', revision: '1.0.0' }
+    await act(async () => {
+      await mockComponentListProps.onChange(component, { ...component, expanded: true })
+    })
+    expect(mockComponentListProps.sequence).toBe(1)
+  })
 })