diff --git a/acceptance/tests/direct_puppet/catalog_uuid_correlates_catalogs_with_reports.rb b/acceptance/tests/direct_puppet/catalog_uuid_correlates_catalogs_with_reports.rb
index b635ef5adb9..b860f97227b 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/direct_puppet/catalog_uuid_correlates_catalogs_with_reports.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/direct_puppet/catalog_uuid_correlates_catalogs_with_reports.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_catalog_uuid_from_cached_catalog(host, agent_vardir, agent_node_name)
   def get_catalog_uuid_from_report(master_reportdir, agent_node_name)
     report_catalog_uuid = nil
     on(master, "cat #{master_reportdir}/#{agent_node_name}/*") do
-      report_catalog_uuid = stdout.match(/catalog_uuid: ([a-z0-9\-]*)/)[1]
+      report_catalog_uuid = stdout.match(/catalog_uuid: '?([a-z0-9\-]*)'?/)[1]
     end
     report_catalog_uuid
   end