diff --git a/t/e2e/jail/jail_rpc_test.go b/t/e2e/jail/jail_rpc_test.go
index c58cc957a0b..a83830bcbc2 100644
--- a/t/e2e/jail/jail_rpc_test.go
+++ b/t/e2e/jail/jail_rpc_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (s *JailRPCTestSuite) TestRegressionGetTransactionReceipt() {
 
 	// note: transaction hash is assumed to be invalid
 	got := rpcClient.CallRaw(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0xbbebf28d0a3a3cbb38e6053a5b21f08f82c62b0c145a17b1c4313cac3f68ae7c"],"id":7}`)
-	expected := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":7,"result":null}`
+	expected := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":7,"error":{"code":-32000,"message":"unknown transaction"}}`
 	s.Equal(expected, got)
 }
 
diff --git a/t/e2e/rpc/rpc_test.go b/t/e2e/rpc/rpc_test.go
index f04dacf2aa3..97967e726d7 100644
--- a/t/e2e/rpc/rpc_test.go
+++ b/t/e2e/rpc/rpc_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (s *RPCTestSuite) TestCallRawResultGetTransactionReceipt() {
 	s.NotNil(client)
 
 	jsonResult := client.CallRaw(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0x0ca0d8f2422f62bea77e24ed17db5711a77fa72064cccbb8e53c53b699cd3b34"],"id":5}`)
-	s.Equal(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"result":null}`, jsonResult)
+	s.Equal(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"error":{"code":-32000,"message":"unknown transaction"}}`, jsonResult)
 
 	s.NoError(s.NodeManager.StopNode())
 }