diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/authtoken/jwt/JwtVendorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/authtoken/jwt/JwtVendorTest.java
index 9da90e1011..1322777cac 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/authtoken/jwt/JwtVendorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/authtoken/jwt/JwtVendorTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public void testCreateJwkFromSettingsWithoutSigningKey() {
             }
         });
         Assert.assertEquals(
-            "java.lang.Exception: Settings for key is missing. Please specify at least the option signing_key with a shared secret.",
+            "java.lang.Exception: Settings for signing key is missing. Please specify at least the option signing_key with a shared secret.",
             exception.getMessage()
         );
     }