diff --git a/src/testlib/qtaptestlogger.cpp b/src/testlib/qtaptestlogger.cpp
index b6fa4295bc3..2c87c15d6ca 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtaptestlogger.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qtaptestlogger.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void QTapTestLogger::addIncident(IncidentTypes type, const char *description,
                 // the expected and actual values to the loggers (yet).
                 static const QRegularExpression verifyRegex(
                             u"^'(?<actualexpression>.*)' returned "
-                            "(?<actual>\\w+).+\\((?<message>.*)\\)$"_s);
+                            "(?<actual>\\w+)\\. \\((?<message>.*)\\)$"_s);
 
                 static const QRegularExpression compareRegex(
                             u"^(?<message>.*)\n"
diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_cmptest.tap b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_cmptest.tap
index 65b0504be47..368d3aafb4e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_cmptest.tap
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_cmptest.tap
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ not ok 65 - verify()
 not ok 66 - verify2()
   ---
   type: QVERIFY
-  message: as expected, in fact)
+  message: 42 >= 2 (as expected, in fact)
   wanted: true (opaqueFunc() < 2)
   found: false (opaqueFunc() < 2)
   expected: true (opaqueFunc() < 2)
diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_eventloop.tap b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_eventloop.tap
index 85f48a13a16..84036e6dec5 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_eventloop.tap
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/expected_eventloop.tap
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ not ok 2 - fail()
 not ok 2 - fail()
   ---
   type: QVERIFY
-  message: )
+  message: QTestEventLoop exited prematurely in cleanup()
   wanted: true (loop.timeout())
   found: false (loop.timeout())
   expected: true (loop.timeout())
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ not ok 3 - skip()
 not ok 3 - skip()
   ---
   type: QVERIFY
-  message: )
+  message: QTestEventLoop exited prematurely in cleanup()
   wanted: true (loop.timeout())
   found: false (loop.timeout())
   expected: true (loop.timeout())
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ not ok 4 - pass()
 not ok 4 - pass()
   ---
   type: QVERIFY
-  message: )
+  message: QTestEventLoop exited prematurely in cleanup()
   wanted: true (loop.timeout())
   found: false (loop.timeout())
   expected: true (loop.timeout())