diff --git a/tests/scripts/test082-remoteauth b/tests/scripts/test082-remoteauth
index 1fb706306e..03fa961a9c 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test082-remoteauth
+++ b/tests/scripts/test082-remoteauth
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ KILLPIDS="$BACKEND_PID"
 sleep $SLEEP0
 
 echo "Testing slapd.conf support..."
-sed -e "s,database\\s*monitor,\\
+sed -e "s,database.*monitor,\\
 TLSCACertificateFile $TESTDIR/tls/ca/certs/testsuiteCA.crt\\
 \\
 #remoteauthmod#modulepath ../servers/slapd/overlays/\\