diff --git a/cmd/gorepomod/internal/semver/semver_test.go b/cmd/gorepomod/internal/semver/semver_test.go
index 960071d4212..a33ef4de9f2 100644
--- a/cmd/gorepomod/internal/semver/semver_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gorepomod/internal/semver/semver_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		"trailing CRLF": {
 			raw:    "v1.2.3\r\n",
 			v:      SemVer{major: 1, minor: 2, patch: 3},
-			errMsg: "strconv.Atoi: parsing \"3\\r\\n\": invalid syntax",
+			errMsg: "",
 		},
 	}
 	for n, tc := range testCases {