diff --git a/t/plugin/error-log-logger-kafka.t b/t/plugin/error-log-logger-kafka.t
index 1ede14cd15b2..c7b12bcc2f7b 100644
--- a/t/plugin/error-log-logger-kafka.t
+++ b/t/plugin/error-log-logger-kafka.t
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ done
     }
 --- error_log eval
 [qr/this is a error message for tls test/,
-qr/sending a batch logs to kafka brokers: \[\{"host":"127.0.0.1","port":9093\}\]/,
+qr/sending a batch logs to kafka brokers: .*"host":"127\.0\.0\.1"/,
+qr/sending a batch logs to kafka brokers: .*"port":9093/,
 qr/send data to kafka: .*this is a error message for tls test/]
 --- no_error_log
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