diff --git a/tests/integration/defs/examples/serve/test_serve_negative.py b/tests/integration/defs/examples/serve/test_serve_negative.py
index 2fc6ef1d779..2b996b1502e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/defs/examples/serve/test_serve_negative.py
+++ b/tests/integration/defs/examples/serve/test_serve_negative.py
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ async def test_invalid_max_tokens(async_client: openai.AsyncOpenAI,
             max_tokens=0,
         )
     error_msg = str(exc_info.value).lower()
-    assert any(keyword in error_msg for keyword in ("mMaxNewTokens", "failed"))
+    assert any(keyword in error_msg
+               for keyword in ("max_tokens", "must be greater than 0"))
 
 
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