diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-install.R b/tests/testthat/test-install.R
index e47f6915..178bccc0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-install.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-install.R
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test_that("install_cmdstan() works with version and release_url", {
       install_cmdstan(dir = dir, overwrite = TRUE, cores = 4,
                       release_url = "https://github.com/stan-dev/cmdstan/releases/download/v2.35.0/cmdstan-2.35.0.tar.gz",
                       wsl = os_is_wsl()),
-      "Compiling, linking C++ code",
+      "Compiling C++ code",
       fixed = TRUE
     ),
     "Finished installing CmdStan",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test_that("install_cmdstan() works with version and release_url", {
                         # the URL is intentionally invalid to test that the version has higher priority
                         release_url = "https://github.com/stan-dev/cmdstan/releases/download/v2.27.3/cmdstan-2.27.3.tar.gz",
                         wsl = os_is_wsl()),
-        "Compiling, linking C++ code",
+        "Compiling C++ code",
         fixed = TRUE
       ),
       "Finished installing CmdStan",
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test_that("install_cmdstan() works with version and release_url", {
     "version and release_url shouldn't both be specified",
     fixed = TRUE
   )
-  expect_true(dir.exists(file.path(dir, "cmdstan-2.33.0")))
+  expect_true(dir.exists(file.path(dir, "cmdstan-2.35.0")))
   set_cmdstan_path(cmdstan_default_path())
 })
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ test_that("Install from release file works", {
       install_cmdstan(dir = dir, cores = 2, quiet = FALSE, overwrite = TRUE,
                       release_file = destfile,
                       wsl = os_is_wsl()),
-      "Compiling, linking C++ code",
+      "Compiling C++ code",
       fixed = TRUE
     ),
     "CmdStan path set",