diff --git a/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart b/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
index 38dd049..671836d 100644
--- a/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         );
         expect(
           result.stderr,
-          'Could not start Observatory HTTP server: localhost:${server.port} is already in use.\n',
+          'Could not start VM service: localhost:${server.port} is already in use.\n',
         );
         expect(result.stdout, isEmpty);
         server.close();