diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
index 7d0bd13e65f38..a5bbb84ea5a31 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
@@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ public void testWatchdogLogging() {
         MockLog.assertThatLogger(
             deterministicTaskQueue::runAllRunnableTasks,
             ThreadWatchdog.class,
-            new MockLog.UnseenEventExpectation("no logging", ThreadWatchdog.class.getCanonicalName(), Level.WARN, "*")
+            new MockLog.UnseenEventExpectation("no logging", ThreadWatchdog.class.getCanonicalName(), Level.WARN, "*" + threadName + "*")
         );
         deterministicTaskQueue.advanceTime();
         MockLog.assertThatLogger(