Target Closed on edit

I'm testing a form in an application which gets redrawn whenever values are edited. The relevant code currently looks like this

await expect(page.locator('input[name="system\\.treason_stars\\.value"]')).toHaveValue('0');
    await page.locator('input[name="system\\.treason_stars\\.value"]').fill('');
    await page.locator('input[name="system\\.treason_stars\\.value"]').fill('5');
    await expect(page.locator('input[name="system\\.treason_stars\\.value"]')).toHaveValue('5');

however, when I do fill(), it redraws the application. this causes the next step to fail with "Target Closed". what's the best way to handle this?