diff --git a/tests/integration/deploy/test_deploy_command.py b/tests/integration/deploy/test_deploy_command.py
index 7221c40264..f710666992 100644
--- a/tests/integration/deploy/test_deploy_command.py
+++ b/tests/integration/deploy/test_deploy_command.py
@@ -826,7 +826,9 @@ def test_deploy_with_invalid_config(self, template_file, config_file):
 
         deploy_process_execute = self.run_command(deploy_command_list)
         self.assertEqual(deploy_process_execute.process.returncode, 1)
-        self.assertIn("Error reading configuration: Unexpected character", str(deploy_process_execute.stderr))
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Unexpected character", str(deploy_process_execute.stderr), "Should notify user of the parsing error."
+        )
 
     @parameterized.expand([("aws-serverless-function.yaml", "samconfig-tags-list.toml")])
     def test_deploy_with_valid_config_tags_list(self, template_file, config_file):