diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
index e58e628224..354c8ba257 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/pytest_esp_http_client.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_examples_protocol_esp_http_client(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect(r'HTTP chunk encoding Status = 200, content_length = (-?\d)')
     # content-len for chunked encoding is typically -1, could be a positive length in some cases
     dut.expect(r'HTTP Stream reader Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
-    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (-?\d)')
     dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
     dut.expect(r'Last esp error code: 0x8001')
     dut.expect(r'HTTP GET Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_examples_protocol_esp_http_client_dynamic_buffer(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect(r'HTTP chunk encoding Status = 200, content_length = (-?\d)')
     # content-len for chunked encoding is typically -1, could be a positive length in some cases
     dut.expect(r'HTTP Stream reader Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
-    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
+    dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (-?\d)')
     dut.expect(r'HTTPS Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')
     dut.expect(r'Last esp error code: 0x8001')
     dut.expect(r'HTTP GET Status = 200, content_length = (\d)')