diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/TestHiveMetaStoreTimeout.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/TestHiveMetaStoreTimeout.java
index 66331ddcbfb1..d61d8195d489 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/TestHiveMetaStoreTimeout.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/TestHiveMetaStoreTimeout.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public void testConnectionTimeout() throws Exception {
       try(HiveMetaStoreClient c = new HiveMetaStoreClient(newConf)) {
         Assert.fail("should throw connection timeout exception.");
       } catch (MetaException e) {
-        Assert.assertTrue("unexpected Exception", e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out"));
+        Assert.assertTrue("unexpected Exception", e.getMessage().toLowerCase().contains("connect timed out"));
       }
       return null;
     });