diff --git a/test/capability-language.test.ts b/test/capability-language.test.ts
index 9a598da..826cad3 100644
--- a/test/capability-language.test.ts
+++ b/test/capability-language.test.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ test("interfaces can declare ordinary call operations", () => {
 
 test("state defaults accept recursive JSON values", () => {
   const source = capabilityFixtureSource.replace(
-    '    policy optimistic-register default "Untitled project";',
+    /policy optimistic-register default "Untitled project";/,
     `    policy optimistic-register default "Untitled project";
   shared state ProjectMetadata id "slot:project:metadata" on Project : message "example.Metadata"
     policy optimistic-register default {"labels":["compiler","runtime"],"score":1.5,"enabled":true,"extra":null};`,