diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index b4a19da80..69e989fbb 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ fn test_touch_reference_dangling() {
             dangling_symlink.to_str().unwrap(),
             "some_file",
         ])
-        .fails();
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("touch: failed to get attributes of");
 }
 
 #[test]