diff --git a/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py b/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
index 0d63d933a..cadec092b 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ sendline("false; sleep 10 &; true")
 expect_prompt()
 sendline("jobs")
 expect_re("Job.*Group.*(CPU)?.*State.*Command")
-expect_re("running.*sleep 10 &")
+expect_re(".*running.*sleep 10 &")
+expect_prompt()
+sendline("echo $last_pid")
 expect_prompt()
 sendline("kill -TERM $last_pid")
 expect_re("[0-9]+:0:sleep 10 &:SIGTERM:Polite quit request", timeout=20)