diff --git a/website/tests/pages/sequences/accession.fa.spec.ts b/website/tests/pages/sequences/accession.fa.spec.ts
index 65b6fdf81..88d57bbc4 100644
--- a/website/tests/pages/sequences/accession.fa.spec.ts
+++ b/website/tests/pages/sequences/accession.fa.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ test.describe('The sequence.fa page', () => {
         const url = `${baseUrl}${routes.sequencesFastaPage(testSequences.testSequenceEntry)}`;
         const response = await fetch(url);
         const content = await response.text();
-        expect(content).toBe(
+        expect(content.replace(/\n\n+/g, '\n')).toBe(
             `>${getAccessionVersionString(testSequences.testSequenceEntry)}\n${testSequenceEntryData.unaligned}\n`,
         );
     });