diff --git a/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb b/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
index 1c2349cfe5..8ff7dba1f4 100644
--- a/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
+++ b/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-exclude(:test_global_variable, "error message format")
 exclude(:test_invalid_char, "error message format")
 exclude(:test_percent, "error message format")
 exclude(:test_question, "error message format")
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_parse.rb b/test/ruby/test_parse.rb
index 0035f77957..63539270fc 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_parse.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_parse.rb
@@ -875,7 +875,8 @@ x = __ENCODING__
     $test_parse_foobarbazqux = nil
     assert_equal(nil, $&)
     assert_equal(nil, eval('alias $& $preserve_last_match'))
-    assert_syntax_error('a = $#', /as a global variable name\na = \$\#\n    \^~$/)
+    assert_syntax_error('a = $#', /as a global variable name/)
+    assert_syntax_error('a = $#', /a = \$\#\n(^|.+?\| )    \^~(?!~)/)
   end
 
   def test_invalid_instance_variable