diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/NewUpdate/RejectFutureIndexStates/cabal.test.hs b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/NewUpdate/RejectFutureIndexStates/cabal.test.hs
index ca26a482d16..eb80e0b50ee 100644
--- a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/NewUpdate/RejectFutureIndexStates/cabal.test.hs
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/NewUpdate/RejectFutureIndexStates/cabal.test.hs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ main = cabalTest $ withProjectFile "cabal.project" $ withRemoteRepo "repo" $ do
           . resultOutput
         <$> recordMode DoNotRecord (cabal' "update" [])
   -- update golden output with actual timestamp
-  shell "cp" ["cabal.out.in", "cabal.out"]
-  shell "sed" ["-i''", "-e", "s/REPLACEME/" <> output <> "/g", "cabal.out"]
+  shell "sed" ["-e", "s/REPLACEME/" <> output <> "/g; w cabal.out", "cabal.out.in"]
   -- This shall fail with an error message as specified in `cabal.out`
   fails $ cabal "build" ["--index-state=4000-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fake-pkg"]
   -- This shall fail by not finding the package, what indicates that it