diff --git a/recipes/smudgeplot/meta.yaml b/recipes/smudgeplot/meta.yaml
index ed06a0cc253cc..ad4d900b1ff66 100644
--- a/recipes/smudgeplot/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/smudgeplot/meta.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   commands:
-    - smudgeplot.py --version 2>&1 | grep 'Running'
+    - "smudgeplot.py --version 2>&1"
 
 about:
   home: https://github.com/KamilSJaron/smudgeplot