diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
index 33fc0ef5c..e8216c2ca 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 					parent := res[0]
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance-.*"},
-						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "otherinstance*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "otherinstance"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},