diff --git a/test-suite/tests/version.test b/test-suite/tests/version.test
index 7ea358d4e..43beac3fc 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/version.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/version.test
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;;; version.test --- test suite for Guile's version functions  -*- scheme -*-
 ;;;; Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 ;;;;
-;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2006,2010,2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2006,2010,2020,2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       (and (string? (major-version))
 	   (string? (minor-version))
 	   (string? (micro-version))
-	   (string-contains (version)
-                            (string-append (major-version) "."
-                                           (minor-version) "."
-                                           (micro-version))))))
+	   (equal? 0 (string-contains (version)
+                                      (string-append (major-version) "."
+                                                     (minor-version) "."
+                                                     (micro-version)))))))