diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/awsS3.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/awsS3.test.ts
index 24ea9af563..10f92dc074 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/awsS3.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/awsS3.test.ts
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ describe('AwsS3Publish', () => {
 
       await expect(fails).rejects.toMatchObject({
         message: expect.stringMatching(
-          /TechDocs metadata fetch failed; caused by Error: .*/i,
+          /TechDocs metadata fetch failed; caused by Error: Unable to read stream; caused by Error: The file invalid\/triplet\/path\/techdocs_metadata.json does not exist/i,
         ),
       });
     });