diff --git a/tests/misc.nix b/tests/misc.nix
index d001ff1e5a9..d52741cab81 100644
--- a/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/tests/misc.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   testScript =
     ''
       subtest "nixos-version", sub {
-          $machine->succeed("[ `nixos-version | wc -w` = 1 ]");
+          $machine->succeed("[ `nixos-version | wc -w` = 2 ]");
       };
 
       subtest "nixos-rebuild", sub {