diff --git a/workflows/transcriptomics/rnaseq-sr/rnaseq-sr-tests.yml b/workflows/transcriptomics/rnaseq-sr/rnaseq-sr-tests.yml
index 76b13e4d27..3eb44a5e61 100644
--- a/workflows/transcriptomics/rnaseq-sr/rnaseq-sr-tests.yml
+++ b/workflows/transcriptomics/rnaseq-sr/rnaseq-sr-tests.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
               n: 4
         star:
           asserts:
-            has_text:
-              text: "GSM461177\t1051466.0\t35.0\t871202.0\t82.86\t35.4\t51184.0\t50995.0\t50810.0\t343.0\t12.0\t19.0\t0.48\t0.0\t1.48\t0.0\t1.36\t91809.0\t8.73\t34515.0\t3.28\t0.0\t4.76\t0.37\t0\t50050\t3890"
+            has_text_matching:
+              expression: "GSM461177\t1051466.0\t35.0\t871202.0\t82.86\t35.4\t51184.0\t50995.0\t50810.0\t343.0\t12.0\t19.0\t0.48\t0.0\t1.48\t0.0\t1.36\t9180[89].0\t8.73\t34515.0\t3.28\t0.0\t4.76\t0.37\t0\t5005[01]\t3890"
     MultiQC webpage:
       asserts:
         - that: "has_text"
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@
       element_tests:
         GSM461177:
           asserts:
-            has_text:
-              text: "FBgn0031217\t-\t-\tFBgn0031217\tCG11377\t-\tchr2L:102379-104142\t-\t-\t32.1016\t22.1771\t42.0259\tOK"
+            has_text_matching:
+              expression: "FBgn0031217\t-\t-\tFBgn0031217\tCG11377\t-\tchr2L:102379-104142\t-\t-\t32.1016\t22.1771\t42.02[0-9]*\tOK"
     genes_expression_stringtie:
       element_tests:
         GSM461177:
           asserts:
-            has_text:
-              text: "FBgn0031217 	CG11377 	chr2L 	+ 	102380 	104142 	0.994315	32.391769	56.255165"
+            has_text_matching:
+              text: "FBgn0031217\s+CG11377\s+chr2L\s++\s+102380\s+104142\s+0.994315\s+32.391769\s+56.255165"
     both strands coverage:
       element_tests:
         GSM461177: