diff --git a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
index c3a2216e0..f6bfc99c4 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("Unexpected token o");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.match(/^Unexpected token (o|'o')/);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("Unexpected token o");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.match(/^Unexpected token (o|'o')/);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }