diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-pg/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-pg/test/index.spec.js
index df1b1b258d4..aedf84b22fc 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-pg/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-pg/test/index.spec.js
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
             agent.use(traces => {
               expect(traces[0][0].meta).to.have.property(ERROR_TYPE, error.name)
               expect(traces[0][0].meta).to.have.property(ERROR_MESSAGE, error.message)
-              expect(traces[0][0].meta).to.have.property(ERROR_STACK, error.stack)
+
+              // pg modifies stacktraces as of v8.11.1
+              const actualErrorNoStack = traces[0][0].meta[ERROR_STACK].split('\n')[0]
+              const expectedErrorNoStack = error.stack.split('\n')[0]
+              expect(actualErrorNoStack).to.eql(expectedErrorNoStack)
+
               expect(traces[0][0].meta).to.have.property('component', 'pg')
               expect(traces[0][0].metrics).to.have.property('network.destination.port', 5432)
             })