diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
index b3f9f0bf066..4b4e3c0f2d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ class EventLoopTestsMixin:
         with mock.patch.object(self.loop, 'call_exception_handler'):
             with test_utils.disable_logger():
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(ssl.SSLError,
-                                            '(?i)certificate.verify.failed '):
+                                            '(?i)certificate.verify.failed'):
                     self.loop.run_until_complete(f_c)
 
             # execute the loop to log the connection error
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ class EventLoopTestsMixin:
         with mock.patch.object(self.loop, 'call_exception_handler'):
             with test_utils.disable_logger():
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(ssl.SSLError,
-                                            '(?i)certificate.verify.failed '):
+                                            '(?i)certificate.verify.failed'):
                     self.loop.run_until_complete(f_c)
 
             # execute the loop to log the connection error