diff --git a/cli/tests/generic.spec.ts b/cli/tests/generic.spec.ts
index d7608d795..b956c9720 100644
--- a/cli/tests/generic.spec.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/generic.spec.ts
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ test.describe('PMM Client "Generic" CLI tests', { tag: '@generic' }, async () =>
     await cli.exec('docker network create pmm-qa || true');
     await cli.exec('docker network connect pmm-server pmm-qa');
     await cli.exec(`docker run --rm -d --name="${containerName}" --network="pmm-qa" --privileged --cgroupns=host -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw -v /var/lib/containerd antmelekhin/docker-systemd:almalinux-10`);
-    const latestReleasedVersion = (await cli.exec('wget -q https://registry.hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/percona/pmm-client/tags -O - | jq -r .results[].name | grep -v latest | sort -V | tail -n1')).stdout;
+    const latestReleasedVersion = (await cli.exec('wget -q https://registry.hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/percona/pmm-client/tags -O - | jq -r .results[].name | grep -v latest | sort -V | tail -n1')).stdout.trim();
     await cli.exec(`docker cp ../package_tests/scripts/pmm3_client_install_tarball.sh ${containerName}:/`);
     await cli.exec(`docker exec ${containerName} dnf install -y wget`);
     await cli.exec(`docker exec ${containerName} /pmm3_client_install_tarball.sh -v ${latestReleasedVersion}`);