diff --git a/selfdrive/car/toyota/tests/test_toyota.py b/selfdrive/car/toyota/tests/test_toyota.py
index 0217a0fbc1957c..75e3ea70378d87 100644
--- a/selfdrive/car/toyota/tests/test_toyota.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/toyota/tests/test_toyota.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 
 def check_fw_version(fw_version: bytes) -> bool:
-  return b'?' not in fw_version
+  # TODO: just use the FW patterns, need to support all chunks
+  return b'?' not in fw_version and b'!' not in fw_version
 
 
 class TestToyotaInterfaces: