diff --git a/acceptance/testdata/issue/issue-create-with-metadata.txtar b/acceptance/testdata/issue/issue-create-with-metadata.txtar
index e1ce5a0da..8187f96cf 100644
--- a/acceptance/testdata/issue/issue-create-with-metadata.txtar
+++ b/acceptance/testdata/issue/issue-create-with-metadata.txtar
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ stdout2env ISSUE_URL
 # Check the issue was create
 exec gh issue view $ISSUE_URL
 stdout 'title:\tFeature Request$'
-stdout 'assignees:\t.*$'
+stdout 'assignees:\t.+$'
 stdout 'labels:\tbug$'