diff --git a/tests/times_test.py b/tests/times_test.py
index 9a82668f..f10e79f0 100644
--- a/tests/times_test.py
+++ b/tests/times_test.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_parse_year(self) -> None:
     def test_parse_year_0(self) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(
             ValueError,
-            match="^year 0 is out of range$|^year must be in 1..9999$",
+            match="^year 0 is out of range$|year must be in 1..9999",
         ):
             KmlDateTime.parse("0000")
 
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ def test_parse_year_month_no_dash(self) -> None:
         assert dt.dt == datetime.datetime(2000, 4, 1, tzinfo=tzutc())
 
     def test_parse_year_month_0(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="^month must be in 1..12$"):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="month must be in 1..12"):
             KmlDateTime.parse("2000-00")
 
     def test_parse_year_month_13(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="^month must be in 1..12$"):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="month must be in 1..12"):
             KmlDateTime.parse("2000-13")
 
     def test_parse_year_month_day(self) -> None:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_parse_year_month_day_no_dash(self) -> None:
     def test_parse_year_month_day_0(self) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(
             ValueError,
-            match="^day is out of range for month$|^day must be in 1..31'$",
+            match="^day is out of range for month$|day must be in 1..31",
         ):
             KmlDateTime.parse("2000-05-00")