diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/dos/StreamReadStringConstraintsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/dos/StreamReadStringConstraintsTest.java
index ebc572f6ed..16ac84812d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/dos/StreamReadStringConstraintsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/dos/StreamReadStringConstraintsTest.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public void testBigString() throws Exception
             fail("expected DatabindException");
         } catch (DatabindException e) {
             final String message = e.getMessage();
-            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.startsWith("String length"));
-            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.contains("exceeds the maximum length ("));
+            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.startsWith("String value length"));
+            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.contains("exceeds the maximum allowed ("));
         }
     }
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public void testBiggerString() throws Exception
             final String message = e.getMessage();
             // this test fails when the TextBuffer is being resized, so we don't yet know just how big the string is
             // so best not to assert that the String length value in the message is the full 6000000 value
-            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.startsWith("String length"));
-            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.contains("exceeds the maximum length ("));
+            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.startsWith("String value length"));
+            assertTrue("unexpected exception message: " + message, message.contains("exceeds the maximum allowed ("));
         }
     }