diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
index 4d47fb63af..b8efdca4f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class AssertContainsTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
         long_content = (
             b"This is a very very very very very very very very long message which "
-            b"exceedes the max limit of truncation."
+            b"exceeds the max limit of truncation."
         )
         response = HttpResponse(long_content)
         msg = f"Couldn't find 'thrice' in the following response\n{long_content}"
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/tests.py b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
index 4fd9267429..359cf07402 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ class InHTMLTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_long_haystack(self):
         haystack = (
             "<p>This is a very very very very very very very very long message which "
-            "exceedes the max limit of truncation.</p>"
+            "exceeds the max limit of truncation.</p>"
         )
         msg = f"Couldn't find '<b>Hello</b>' in the following response\n{haystack!r}"
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(AssertionError, msg):