diff --git a/test/e2e/suite/command/pull.go b/test/e2e/suite/command/pull.go
index 20583930d..d463cf582 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suite/command/pull.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suite/command/pull.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ var _ = Describe("OCI spec 1.1 registry users:", func() {
 			tempDir := PrepareTempFiles()
 			ref := RegistryRef(ZOTHost, ArtifactRepo, foobar.Tag)
 			out := ORAS("pull", ref, "--format", "go-template={{.reference}}").WithWorkDir(tempDir).Exec().Out.Contents()
-			Expect(out).To(Equal("localhost:7000/command/artifacts@sha256:fd6ed2f36b5465244d5dc86cb4e7df0ab8a9d24adc57825099f522fe009a22bb"))
+			Expect(out).To(Equal([]byte("localhost:7000/command/artifacts@sha256:fd6ed2f36b5465244d5dc86cb4e7df0ab8a9d24adc57825099f522fe009a22bb")))
 		})
 
 		It("should pull specific platform", func() {