diff --git a/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/tests/seir/test_model_info.py b/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/tests/seir/test_model_info.py
index 81cf69492..baad036b4 100644
--- a/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/tests/seir/test_model_info.py
+++ b/flepimop/gempyor_pkg/tests/seir/test_model_info.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_ModelInfo_init_tf_is_ahead_of_ti_fail(self):
         config["start_date"] = "2022-01-02"
         with pytest.raises(
             ValueError,
-            match=r"Time to finish \('\{self\.tf\}'\) is less than or equal to time to start \('\{self\.ti\}'\)\.",
+            match=r"Time to finish.*is less than or equal to time to start.*",
         ):
             s = ModelInfo(
                 config=config,