diff --git a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
index cb6259c22..ac2014cd5 100644
--- a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
+++ b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
@@ -2151,10 +2151,10 @@ def test_check_handle_timedout_exception(default_conf, ticker, mocker, caplog) -
     Trade.session.add(trade_buy)
 
     freqtrade.check_handle_timedout()
-    assert log_has_re(f"Cannot query order for Trade\\(id=1, pair=ETH/BTC, amount=90.99181073, "
-                      f"open_rate=0.00001099, open_since="
+    assert log_has_re(r"Cannot query order for Trade\(id=1, pair=ETH/BTC, amount=90.99181073, "
+                      r"open_rate=0.00001099, open_since="
                       f"{open_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')} "
-                      f"\\(10 hours ago\\)\\) due to Traceback \\(most recent call last\\):\n*",
+                      r"\(10 hours ago\)\) due to Traceback \(most recent call last\):\n*",
                       caplog)