diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/PlaceholderProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/PlaceholderProcessor.test.ts
index 7bfc66276e..adff97336e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/PlaceholderProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/PlaceholderProcessor.test.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ describe('PlaceholderProcessor', () => {
         },
       ),
     ).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Placeholder $text could not form a URL out of ./a/b/catalog-info.yaml and ../c/catalog-info.yaml, TypeError: Invalid base URL: ./a/b/catalog-info.yaml',
+      /^Placeholder \$text could not form a URL out of \.\/a\/b\/catalog-info\.yaml and \.\.\/c\/catalog-info\.yaml, TypeError \[ERR_INVALID_URL\]/,
     );
 
     expect(read).not.toBeCalled();