diff --git a/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts b/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
index f2f2e10f98b..cb1f31695de 100644
--- a/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe("CronService - session reaper runs in finally block (#31946)", () => {
       expect(state.running).toBe(false);
 
       // The timer must be re-armed.
-      expect(state.timer).toEqual(expect.anything());
+      expect(state.timer).not.toBeNull();
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/media-understanding/shared.test.ts b/src/media-understanding/shared.test.ts
index ce49b129de8..7a600060471 100644
--- a/src/media-understanding/shared.test.ts
+++ b/src/media-understanding/shared.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
 
 const { fetchWithSsrFGuardMock, shouldUseEnvHttpProxyForUrlMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   fetchWithSsrFGuardMock: vi.fn(),
@@ -200,9 +201,9 @@ describe("resolveProviderHttpRequestConfig", () => {
     expect(resolved.allowPrivateNetwork).toBe(false);
     expect(resolved.headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer override");
     expect(resolved.headers.get("x-default")).toBe("1");
-    expect(resolved.headers.get("user-agent")).toMatch(/^openclaw\//);
+    expect(resolved.headers.get("user-agent")).toBe(`openclaw/${VERSION}`);
     expect(resolved.headers.get("originator")).toBe("openclaw");
-    expect(resolved.headers.get("version")).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/\S/u));
+    expect(resolved.headers.get("version")).toBe(VERSION);
   });
 
   it("uses the fallback base URL without enabling private-network access", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/bundled-dir.test.ts b/src/plugins/bundled-dir.test.ts
index d6bf1c90477..fbe081f633e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bundled-dir.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/bundled-dir.test.ts
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ describe("resolveBundledPluginsDir", () => {
 
     expect(resolveSourceCheckoutDependencyDiagnostic()).toEqual({
       source: repoRoot,
-      message: expect.stringContaining("run `pnpm install`"),
+      message:
+        "OpenClaw source checkout detected without pnpm workspace dependencies; run `pnpm install` from the repo root so bundled plugins can load package-local dependencies.",
     });
 
     process.env.OPENCLAW_DISABLE_BUNDLED_PLUGINS = "1";
diff --git a/src/plugins/hooks.before-agent-reply.test.ts b/src/plugins/hooks.before-agent-reply.test.ts
index 7c726e18b48..9f5dbe6cda1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/hooks.before-agent-reply.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/hooks.before-agent-reply.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe("before_agent_reply hook runner (claiming pattern)", () => {
 
     expect(result).toEqual({ handled: true, reply: { text: "ok" } });
     expect(logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.stringContaining("before_agent_reply handler from test-plugin failed: boom"),
+      "[hooks] before_agent_reply handler from test-plugin failed: boom",
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts b/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
index 78f7c0fcd48..5914f38ec55 100644
--- a/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function expectIssueMessageIncludes(
   issue: ReturnType<typeof expectValidationIssue>,
   fragments: readonly string[],
 ) {
-  expect(issue.message).toEqual(expect.stringContaining(fragments[0] ?? ""));
+  expect(issue.message).toContain(fragments[0] ?? "");
   fragments.slice(1).forEach((fragment) => {
     expect(issue.message).toContain(fragment);
   });
diff --git a/test/scripts/check-cli-bootstrap-imports.test.ts b/test/scripts/check-cli-bootstrap-imports.test.ts
index 14d2ce9f98d..ee2f1801be8 100644
--- a/test/scripts/check-cli-bootstrap-imports.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/check-cli-bootstrap-imports.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
@@ -118,13 +118,12 @@ describe("check-cli-bootstrap-imports", () => {
   it("reports oversized gateway run chunks", () => {
     const root = makeTempRoot();
     writeGatewayRunChunk(root, "x".repeat(10));
+    const gatewayRunChunkBytes = statSync(join(root, "dist", "run-gateway.js")).size;
 
     expect(
       collectGatewayRunChunkBudgetErrors({ rootDir: root, gatewayRunChunkMaxBytes: 50 }),
     ).toEqual([
-      expect.stringMatching(
-        /^Gateway run chunk dist\/run-gateway\.js is \d+ bytes, above budget 50 bytes\.$/,
-      ),
+      `Gateway run chunk dist/run-gateway.js is ${gatewayRunChunkBytes} bytes, above budget 50 bytes.`,
     ]);
   });
 });