diff --git a/src/tests/shell/testsuites/binscripts/runtimebash_wsl.test b/src/tests/shell/testsuites/binscripts/runtimebash_wsl.test
index a836396b..f219fb17 100644
--- a/src/tests/shell/testsuites/binscripts/runtimebash_wsl.test
+++ b/src/tests/shell/testsuites/binscripts/runtimebash_wsl.test
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ namespace eval ::testspace {
             set r [punktest::wsl::run_in $::testspace::stagingdir {cat runtime/linux-x86_64/active.toml}]
             lappend result [string trim [dict get $r output]]
             set r [rtbash list]
-            lappend result [string match {*\* fakert_beta (active)*} [dict get $r output]]
+            #row is column-padded since the G-103 metadata era: '* <name %-35s> (active) <metadata>'
+            lappend result [string match {*\* fakert_beta*(active)*} [dict get $r output]]
             set r [rtbash run hello world]
             lappend result [dict get $r ok]
             lappend result [string match "*FAKERT_BETA_RAN hello world*" [dict get $r output]]