diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
index 5da2c90c72d..740ea27d54f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ public:
     explicit QLiteHtmlWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     ~QLiteHtmlWidget() override;
 
+    // declaring the getters Q_INVOKABLE to make them Squish-testable
     void setUrl(const QUrl &url);
-    QUrl url() const;
+    Q_INVOKABLE QUrl url() const;
     void setHtml(const QString &content);
-    QString title() const;
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString title() const;
 
     void setZoomFactor(qreal scale);
     qreal zoomFactor() const;
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ public:
     using ResourceHandler = std::function<QByteArray(QUrl)>;
     void setResourceHandler(const ResourceHandler &handler);
 
-    QString selectedText() const;
+    // declaring this Q_INVOKABLE to make it Squish-testable
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString selectedText() const;
 
 signals:
     void linkClicked(const QUrl &url);
diff --git a/tests/system/shared/utils.py b/tests/system/shared/utils.py
index 26afa78c8a6..e3adb5c49d5 100644
--- a/tests/system/shared/utils.py
+++ b/tests/system/shared/utils.py
@@ -670,9 +670,9 @@ def getChildByClass(parent, classToSearchFor, occurrence=1):
         return children[occurrence - 1]
 
 def getHelpViewer():
-    return waitForObject("{type='Help::Internal::TextBrowserHelpWidget' unnamed='1' "
-                         "visible='1' window=':Qt Creator_Core::Internal::MainWindow'}",
+    return waitForObject("{type='QLiteHtmlWidget' unnamed='1' visible='1' "
+                         "window=':Qt Creator_Core::Internal::MainWindow'}",
                          1000)
 
 def getHelpTitle():
-    return str(getHelpViewer().documentTitle)
+    return str(getHelpViewer().title())
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_HELP/tst_HELP04/test.py b/tests/system/suite_HELP/tst_HELP04/test.py
index 8a3049c173a..18e3ee45639 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_HELP/tst_HELP04/test.py
+++ b/tests/system/suite_HELP/tst_HELP04/test.py
@@ -32,27 +32,17 @@ urlDictionary = { "abundance":"qthelp://com.trolltech.qt.487/qdoc/gettingstarted
 
 
 def __getSelectedText__():
-    hv = getHelpViewer()
     try:
-        return hv.textCursor().selectedText()
-    except:
-        pass
-    try:
-        test.log("Falling back to searching for selection in HTML.")
-        return getHighlightsInHtml(str(hv.toHtml()))
+        return str(getHelpViewer().selectedText())
     except:
         test.warning("Could not get highlighted text.")
         return str("")
 
 def __getUrl__():
-    helpViewer = getHelpViewer()
     try:
-        url = helpViewer.url
+        url = getHelpViewer().url()
     except:
-        try:
-            url = helpViewer.source
-        except:
-            return ""
+        return ""
     return str(url.scheme) + "://" + str(url.host) + str(url.path)
 
 def getHighlightsInHtml(htmlCode):