diff --git a/pkg/internal/controller/controller_test.go b/pkg/internal/controller/controller_test.go
index 9024556fd0..cb0078a2fe 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", func() {
 
 			err = ctrl.Start(context.TODO())
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("failed to wait for testcontroller caches to sync: timed out waiting for cache to be synced"))
+			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("failed to wait for testcontroller caches to sync: timed out trying to get an informer from cache and waiting for cache to be synced"))
 		})
 
 		It("should not error when context cancelled", func() {