diff --git a/pandas/tests/dtypes/test_concat.py b/pandas/tests/dtypes/test_concat.py
index f624c56b54001..772dfdfe8fb03 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/dtypes/test_concat.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/dtypes/test_concat.py
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ def test_concat_periodarray_2d():
     result = _concat.concat_compat([arr[:, :2], arr[:, 2:]], axis=1)
     tm.assert_period_array_equal(result, arr)
 
-    msg = "all the input array dimensions for the concatenation axis must match exactly"
+    msg = (
+        "all the input array dimensions.* for the concatenation axis must match exactly"
+    )
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
         _concat.concat_compat([arr[:, :2], arr[:, 2:]], axis=0)