diff --git a/tests/plugins/semanticdb/test b/tests/plugins/semanticdb/test
index 7be27f41..e9575f55 100755
--- a/tests/plugins/semanticdb/test
+++ b/tests/plugins/semanticdb/test
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ does_not_produce_semanticdb_for_source_jars() {
 	semanticdb_info_path="$bazel_bin/plugins/semanticdb/semanticdb-sourcejar-semanticdb-info.txt"
 
 	[ "$(jq '.semanticDbFiles' "$semanticdb_info_path")" = '[]' ]
-	[ "$(jq '.targetRoot' "$semanticdb_info_path")" = 'plugins/semanticdb/semanticdb-sourcejar/semanticdb' ]
+	[ "$(jq '.targetRoot' "$semanticdb_info_path")" = '"plugins/semanticdb/semanticdb-sourcejar/semanticdb"' ]
 }
 
 works_with_scala_2_13