diff --git a/tests/minimal-vmtest.nix b/tests/minimal-vmtest.nix
index 867df27..3cbc297 100644
--- a/tests/minimal-vmtest.nix
+++ b/tests/minimal-vmtest.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ pkgs.nixosTest {
         machine.screenshot("3_rendered_admin_interface")
         machine.succeed("su - alice -c 'xdotool click 1' >&2")
         machine.succeed("su - alice -c 'xdotool key --delay 100 Page_Down' >&2")
-        machine.wait_for_text("${authentik-version}")
+        # sometimes the cursor covers the version string
+        machine.succeed("su - alice -c 'xdotool mousemove_relative 50 50' >&2")
+        machine.wait_for_text("${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [".?"] authentik-version}")
         machine.screenshot("4_correct_version_in_admin_interface")
 
     with subtest("nginx proxies to authentik"):