diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractDownloaderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractDownloaderSpec.groovy
index 36e8d31154..9bd6958224 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractDownloaderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractDownloaderSpec.groovy
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ class ContractDownloaderSpec extends Specification {
 		when:
 			contractDownloader.unpackedDownloadedContracts(properties)
 		then:
-
-			properties.includedContracts == fileSeparated('^/some/path/to/somewhere/a/b/c/d.*$')
+			properties.includedContracts.startsWith('^')
+			properties.includedContracts.endsWith('$')
+			properties.includedContracts.contains(fileSeparated('/some/path/to/somewhere/a/b/c/d.*'))
 	}
 
 	def 'should set inclusion pattern on config when path pattern was explicitly provided without a separator at the beginning'() {
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ class ContractDownloaderSpec extends Specification {
 		when:
 			contractDownloader.unpackedDownloadedContracts(properties)
 		then:
-			properties.includedContracts == fileSeparated('^/some/path/to/somewhere/a/b/c/d.*$')
+			properties.includedContracts.startsWith('^')
+			properties.includedContracts.endsWith('$')
+			properties.includedContracts.contains(fileSeparated('/some/path/to/somewhere/a/b/c/d.*'))
 	}
 
 	private static String fileSeparated(String string) {