diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
index dcfaf31bdd1..72f8632ad27 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import spack.repo
 
 from spack.concretize import find_spec, NoValidVersionError
-from spack.error import SpecError
+from spack.error import SpecError, SpackError
 from spack.spec import Spec, CompilerSpec, ConflictsInSpecError
 from spack.version import ver
 from spack.util.mock_package import MockPackageMultiRepo
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ def test_simultaneous_concretization_of_specs(self, abstract_specs):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('spec', ['noversion', 'noversion-bundle'])
     def test_noversion_pkg(self, spec):
         """Test concretization failures for no-version packages."""
-        with pytest.raises(NoValidVersionError, match="no valid versions"):
+        with pytest.raises(SpackError):
             Spec(spec).concretized()
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('spec, best_achievable', [