diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCheckpoint.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCheckpoint.java
index 73a4a52611b44..eb194852415fc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCheckpoint.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCheckpoint.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil.ExitException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Lists;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
@@ -653,7 +654,9 @@ public void testNameNodeImageSendFailWrongSize()
     
     Mockito.doReturn(true).when(faultInjector)
       .shouldSendShortFile(filePathContaining("fsimage"));
-    doSendFailTest("is not of the advertised size");
+    String expectedText = Shell.isJavaVersionAtLeast(24) ? "Premature EOF" :
+        "is not of the advertised size";
+    doSendFailTest(expectedText);
   }
 
   /**