diff --git a/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test b/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test
index 6fe91a96da5..672e82d833d 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test
+++ b/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ nextflow_process {
         then {
             assertAll(
                 { assert process.success },
-                { assert snapshot(process.out).match() }
+                { assert snapshot(
+                    file(process.out.db[0]).name, //unstable
+                    process.out.versions
+                    ).match()
+                }
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test.snap
index a2079521168..fba939229fa 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test.snap
+++ b/modules/nf-core/krona/ktupdatetaxonomy/tests/main.nf.test.snap
@@ -1,26 +1,16 @@
 {
     "test-krona-ktupdatetaxonomy": {
         "content": [
-            {
-                "0": [
-                    "taxonomy.tab:md5,6d8ea6b7ff721f735412a670805de501"
-                ],
-                "1": [
-                    "versions.yml:md5,a0e095fdd3ba80fcc62188c4c1f38ff7"
-                ],
-                "db": [
-                    "taxonomy.tab:md5,6d8ea6b7ff721f735412a670805de501"
-                ],
-                "versions": [
-                    "versions.yml:md5,a0e095fdd3ba80fcc62188c4c1f38ff7"
-                ]
-            }
+            "taxonomy.tab",
+            [
+                "versions.yml:md5,a0e095fdd3ba80fcc62188c4c1f38ff7"
+            ]
         ],
         "meta": {
             "nf-test": "0.9.0",
             "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-09-05T20:28:34.176093"
+        "timestamp": "2024-09-06T20:17:37.154632"
     },
     "test-krona-ktupdatetaxonomy-stub": {
         "content": [