diff --git a/ipatests/test_ipaclient/test_csrgen.py b/ipatests/test_ipaclient/test_csrgen.py
index be8b440b0..625e1eba5 100644
--- a/ipatests/test_ipaclient/test_csrgen.py
+++ b/ipatests/test_ipaclient/test_csrgen.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class test_CSRGenerator:
 
         with pytest.raises(
                 errors.CSRTemplateError,
-                message='unrecognised attribute type: X'):
+                match=r'^unrecognised attribute type: X$'):
             csrgen_ffi.build_requestinfo(
                 config.encode('utf-8'), adaptor.get_subject_public_key_info())