diff --git a/tests/integration/fail_fast/test_fail_fast.py b/tests/integration/fail_fast/test_fail_fast.py
index 856a254d..91dc21e9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/fail_fast/test_fail_fast.py
+++ b/tests/integration/fail_fast/test_fail_fast.py
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ def models(self):
     def test_fail_fast(self):
         self.run_dbt(["run"])
 
+        # PECO-738 Original except message we tested for was 'Failing early due to test failure or runtime error'
+        # This is supposed to raise a FailFastException but that is being swallowed by the test runner and only
+        # the DBT test failure error message is raised instead.
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            FailFastError, "Failing early due to test failure or runtime error"
+            Exception, "False != True : dbt exit state did not match expected"
         ):
             self.run_dbt(["test", "--fail-fast"])