diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.3 b/testsuite/expect/test38.3
index b519ac864413300e32bfa372c45d8faea57ef9e1..31b9833ca56f9e5d50e9ab00274d5bc6511fc40b 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.3
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.3
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ set id_regex "\[0-9,-\]+"
 # first set (pack job leader).
 spawn $scontrol show job $job_id
 expect {
-	-re "JobId=$job_id\\s+PackJobId=$job_id\\s+PackJobOffset=0\\s+JobName=sh\\s+PackJobIdSet=($id_regex)" {
+	-re "JobId=$job_id\\s+PackJobId=$job_id\\s+PackJobOffset=0\\s+JobName=\\w*sh\\s+PackJobIdSet=($id_regex)" {
 		incr matches
 		set id_set $expect_out(1,string)
 		exp_continue