diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.47 b/testsuite/expect/test1.47
index 36927c0bafbd1440789ccf905b0abf762a83f252..d78921a874a2d5050266177848f155b8caaa570a 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.47
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.47
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ exec $bin_chmod 700 $file_in
 set timeout $max_job_delay
 spawn $srun -o $file_out -b $file_in
 expect {
-	-re "More nodes requested than permitted" {	
+	-re "More .* requested than permitted" {	
 		send_user "This error was expected, no worries\n\n"
 		incr matches
 		exp_continue