diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay.cs
index 39298f56ba5c..905f53c1658c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ public class TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay : OsuManualInputManagerTestScene
     {
         private FirstRunSetupOverlay overlay;
 
-        private readonly Mock<IPerformFromScreenRunner> performer = new Mock<IPerformFromScreenRunner>();
+        private readonly Mock<TestPerformerFromScreenRunner> performer = new Mock<TestPerformerFromScreenRunner>();
 
-        private readonly Mock<INotificationOverlay> notificationOverlay = new Mock<INotificationOverlay>();
+        private readonly Mock<TestNotificationOverlay> notificationOverlay = new Mock<TestNotificationOverlay>();
 
         private Notification lastNotification;
 
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ public class TestSceneFirstRunSetupOverlay : OsuManualInputManagerTestScene
         private void load()
         {
             Dependencies.Cache(LocalConfig = new OsuConfigManager(LocalStorage));
-            Dependencies.CacheAs(performer.Object);
-            Dependencies.CacheAs(notificationOverlay.Object);
+            Dependencies.CacheAs<IPerformFromScreenRunner>(performer.Object);
+            Dependencies.CacheAs<INotificationOverlay>(notificationOverlay.Object);
         }
 
         [SetUpSteps]
@@ -196,5 +198,31 @@ public void TestResumeViaNotification()
             AddAssert("overlay shown", () => overlay.State.Value == Visibility.Visible);
             AddAssert("is resumed", () => overlay.CurrentScreen is ScreenBeatmaps);
         }
+
+        // interface mocks break hot reload, mocking this stub implementation instead works around it.
+        // see: https://github.com/moq/moq4/issues/1252
+        [UsedImplicitly]
+        public class TestNotificationOverlay : INotificationOverlay
+        {
+            public virtual void Post(Notification notification)
+            {
+            }
+
+            public virtual void Hide()
+            {
+            }
+
+            public virtual IBindable<int> UnreadCount => null;
+        }
+
+        // interface mocks break hot reload, mocking this stub implementation instead works around it.
+        // see: https://github.com/moq/moq4/issues/1252
+        [UsedImplicitly]
+        public class TestPerformerFromScreenRunner : IPerformFromScreenRunner
+        {
+            public virtual void PerformFromScreen(Action<IScreen> action, IEnumerable<Type> validScreens = null)
+            {
+            }
+        }
     }
 }