diff --git a/tests/test_markup.py b/tests/test_markup.py
index 1023528d4..9883f83ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_markup.py
+++ b/tests/test_markup.py
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@ def test_latex_escaping():
            u'@PYGZat[]@(@Gamma@)\\@(@infty@)@$@PYGZlb[]@PYGZrb[]\n'
            u'\\end{Verbatim}')
     # in URIs
-    yield (verify, u'`test <http://example.com/~me/>`_', None,
-           u'\\href{http://example.com/~me/}{test}')
+    yield (verify_re, u'`test <http://example.com/~me/>`_', None,
+           ur'\href{http://example.com/~me/}{test}.*')