diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm
index ec874852d12..81a8f44aa9f 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ sub adjust_old_dumpfile
 
 	# Same with version argument to pg_restore_relation_stats() or
 	# pg_restore_attribute_stats().
-	$dump =~ s {(^\s+'version',) '\d+'::integer,$}
+	$dump =~ s {\n(\s+'version',) '\d+'::integer,$}
 		{$1 '000000'::integer,}mg;
 
 	if ($old_version < 16)
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ sub adjust_new_dumpfile
 
 	# Same with version argument to pg_restore_relation_stats() or
 	# pg_restore_attribute_stats().
-	$dump =~ s {(^\s+'version',) '\d+'::integer,$}
+	$dump =~ s {\n(\s+'version',) '\d+'::integer,$}
 		{$1 '000000'::integer,}mg;
 
 	# pre-v16 dumps do not know about XMLSERIALIZE(NO INDENT).