diff --git a/tests/heap_cmd/tests/01-run.py b/tests/heap_cmd/tests/01-run.py
index e550a74477ea..92010ccd4006 100755
--- a/tests/heap_cmd/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/heap_cmd/tests/01-run.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def testfunc(child):
     child.sendline('heap')
     child.expect(r'heap: \d+ \(used \d+, free \d+\) \[bytes\]')
     child.sendline('free 0x' + addr)
-    child.expect('freed 0x' + addr)
+    child.expect('freeing 0x' + addr)
     child.expect_exact('>')
     child.sendline('heap')
     child.expect(r'heap: \d+ \(used \d+, free \d+\) \[bytes\]')