diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_ondemand_download.py b/test_runner/regress/test_ondemand_download.py
index b92981a371..b52a5f875e 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_ondemand_download.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_ondemand_download.py
@@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ def test_ondemand_download_failure_to_replace(
     env.pageserver.allowed_errors.append(actual_message)
 
     env.pageserver.allowed_errors.append(
-        ".* ERROR .*Error processing HTTP request: InternalServerError\\(get local timeline info"
+        ".* ERROR .*Error processing HTTP request: InternalServerError\\(get local timeline info.*"
     )
     # this might get to run and attempt on-demand, but not always
-    env.pageserver.allowed_errors.append(".* ERROR .*Task 'initial size calculation'")
+    env.pageserver.allowed_errors.append(".* ERROR .*Task 'initial size calculation'.*")
 
     # if the above returned, then we didn't have a livelock, and all is well