diff --git a/e2e/actions/actions.go b/e2e/actions/actions.go
index c218c10b48..bd46ca672e 100644
--- a/e2e/actions/actions.go
+++ b/e2e/actions/actions.go
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func (c actionTests) actionExecMultiProfile(t *testing.T) {
 					argv: []string{"--home", "/tmp", c.env.ImagePath, "cat", "/etc/passwd"},
 					exit: 0,
 					wantOutputs: []e2e.SingularityCmdResultOp{
-						e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.RegexMatch, `^root:x:0:0:\w*:[^:]*:/bin/ash\n`),
+						e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.RegexMatch, `^root:x:0:0:[^:]*:[^:]*:/bin/ash\n`),
 					},
 				},
 			}
diff --git a/e2e/actions/oci.go b/e2e/actions/oci.go
index 1abcd83f27..c1351b641d 100644
--- a/e2e/actions/oci.go
+++ b/e2e/actions/oci.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (c actionTests) actionOciExec(t *testing.T) {
 			argv: []string{"--home", "/tmp", imageRef, "cat", "/etc/passwd"},
 			exit: 0,
 			wantOutputs: []e2e.SingularityCmdResultOp{
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.RegexMatch, `^root:x:0:0:\w*:[^:]*:/bin/ash\n`),
+				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.RegexMatch, `^root:x:0:0:[^:]*:[^:]*:/bin/ash\n`),
 			},
 		},
 		{