diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/trilogy/patcher_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/trilogy/patcher_spec.rb
index 0ba135328f0..492ff7424cc 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/trilogy/patcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/trilogy/patcher_spec.rb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           expect(span.get_tag('span.kind')).to eq('client')
           expect(span.get_tag('db.system')).to eq('mysql')
           expect(span.get_tag('error.message'))
-            .to eq("1054: Unknown column 'INVALID' in 'field list'")
+            .to include("1054: Unknown column 'INVALID' in 'field list'")
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'with sql comment propagation', span_op_name: 'trilogy.query', error: Trilogy::Error