diff --git a/src/test/common.go b/src/test/common.go
index 34d877c659..c683db5807 100644
--- a/src/test/common.go
+++ b/src/test/common.go
@@ -130,11 +130,14 @@ func (e2e *ZarfE2ETest) GetZarfVersion(t *testing.T) string {
 	return strings.Trim(stdOut, "\n")
 }
 
-// StripANSICodes strips any ANSI color codes from a given string
-func (e2e *ZarfE2ETest) StripANSICodes(input string) string {
+// StripMessageFormatting strips any ANSI color codes from a given string
+func (e2e *ZarfE2ETest) StripMessageFormatting(input string) string {
 	// Regex to strip any color codes from the output - https://regex101.com/r/YFyIwC/2
 	ansiRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[(.*?)m`)
-	return ansiRegex.ReplaceAllString(input, "")
+	unAnsiInput := ansiRegex.ReplaceAllString(input, "")
+	// Regex to strip any more than two spaces or newline - https://regex101.com/r/wqQmys/1
+	multiSpaceRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`\s{2,}|\n`)
+	return multiSpaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(unAnsiInput, " ")
 }
 
 // NormalizeYAMLFilenames normalizes YAML filenames / paths across Operating Systems (i.e Windows vs Linux)
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/25_helm_test.go b/src/test/e2e/25_helm_test.go
index 8bd117e013..b76e2644c6 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/25_helm_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/25_helm_test.go
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ func testHelmChartsExample(t *testing.T) {
 	evilChartDepsPath := filepath.Join("src", "test", "packages", "25-evil-chart-deps")
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("package", "create", evilChartDepsPath, "--tmpdir", tmpdir, "--confirm")
 	require.Error(t, err, stdOut, stdErr)
-	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripANSICodes(stdErr), "could not download\n          https://charts.jetstack.io/charts/cert-manager-v1.11.1.tgz")
+	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripMessageFormatting(stdErr), "could not download https://charts.jetstack.io/charts/cert-manager-v1.11.1.tgz")
 	require.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(evilChartDepsPath, "good-chart", "charts", "gitlab-runner-0.55.0.tgz"))
 
 	// Create a package with a chart name that doesn't exist in a repo
 	evilChartLookupPath := filepath.Join("src", "test", "packages", "25-evil-chart-lookup")
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("package", "create", evilChartLookupPath, "--tmpdir", tmpdir, "--confirm")
 	require.Error(t, err, stdOut, stdErr)
-	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripANSICodes(stdErr), "chart \"asdf\" version \"6.4.0\" not found")
-	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripANSICodes(stdErr), "Available charts and versions from \"https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo\":")
+	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripMessageFormatting(stdErr), "chart \"asdf\" version \"6.4.0\" not found")
+	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripMessageFormatting(stdErr), "Available charts and versions from \"https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo\":")
 
 	// Create the package with a registry override
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("package", "create", "examples/helm-charts", "-o", "build", "--registry-override", "ghcr.io=docker.io", "--tmpdir", tmpdir, "--confirm")
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/29_mismatched_checks_test.go b/src/test/e2e/29_mismatched_checks_test.go
index 2ce08b44c0..0522f5c04f 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/29_mismatched_checks_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/29_mismatched_checks_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestMismatchedArchitectures(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure zarf package deploy returns an error because of the mismatched architectures.
 	_, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("package", "deploy", mismatchedGamesPackage, "--confirm")
 	require.Error(t, err, stdErr)
-	require.Contains(t, stdErr, expectedErrorMessage)
+	require.Contains(t, e2e.StripMessageFormatting(stdErr), expectedErrorMessage)
 }
 
 // TestMismatchedVersions ensures that zarf produces a warning