diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/PomReaderTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/PomReaderTests.java
index dc8f1203..52c0bf6e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/PomReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/PomReaderTests.java
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ public class PomReaderTests {
 	@Test
 	public void should_throw_exception_when_file_is_missing() {
 		thenThrownBy(() -> this.pomReader.readPom(new File("foo/bar")))
-				.hasMessage("Failed to read file")
+				.hasMessageStartingWith("Failed to read file: ")
 				.hasCauseInstanceOf(IOException.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void should_throw_exception_when_file_is_invalid() {
 		thenThrownBy(() -> this.pomReader.readPom(this.licenseFile))
-				.hasMessage("Failed to read file")
+				.hasMessageStartingWith("Failed to read file: ")
 				.hasCauseInstanceOf(XmlPullParserException.class);
 	}
 }
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