diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_broken_timeline.py b/test_runner/regress/test_broken_timeline.py
index 1ce9fd006f..2ccf87c84e 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_broken_timeline.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_broken_timeline.py
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@ def test_broken_timeline(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
     # Second timeline has no ancestors, only the metadata file and no layer files locally,
     # and we don't have the remote storage enabled. It is loaded into memory, but getting
     # the basebackup from it will fail.
-    with pytest.raises(
-        Exception, match=f"Tenant {tenant2} will not become active. Current state: Broken"
-    ) as err:
+    # TODO this needed changing beacuse we no longer fail load if the layer map is empty. The tenant is active now but basebackup fails.
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=r".*base backup failed") as err:
         pg2.start()
     log.info(f"As expected, compute startup failed for timeline with missing layers: {err}")