diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dd85c2548e0fd117f36186ffe5042335c0f67c7..279fd454d0464bc7ed6a84000f3c9f0fe00f909a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ IF(KWSYS_STANDALONE OR CMake_SOURCE_DIR)
       ADD_TEST(kwsys.testFail ${EXEC_DIR}/testFail)
       SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(kwsys.testFail PROPERTIES WILL_FAIL ON)
       GET_TEST_PROPERTY(kwsys.testFail WILL_FAIL wfv)
-      SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(kwsys.testRegistry PROPERTIES ERROR_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "ERROR\$;FAIL;Test failed")
+      SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(kwsys.testRegistry PROPERTIES ERROR_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "ERROR;FAIL;Test failed")
       SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(kwsys.testRegistry PROPERTIES REQUIRED_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "Test passed")
       MESSAGE(STATUS "GET_TEST_PROPERTY returned: ${wfv}")
     ENDIF(COMMAND SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES AND COMMAND GET_TEST_PROPERTY AND KWSYS_STANDALONE)