diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli.integtest.ts
index 9018ec1bd5345..609cf50d297c6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli.integtest.ts
@@ -102,19 +102,11 @@ integTest('cdk synth', withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
     },
   }));
 
-  expect(fixture.template('test-1')).toEqual(expect.not.objectContaining({
-    Resources: {
-      CDKMetadata: {
-        Type: 'AWS::CDK::Metadata',
-      },
-    },
-  }));
-
-  expect(fixture.template('test-1')).toEqual(expect.not.objectContaining({
-    Rules: {
-      CheckBootstrapVersion: expect.anything(),
-    },
-  }));
+  expect(await fixture.cdkSynth({
+    options: [fixture.fullStackName('test-1')],
+  })).not.toEqual(expect.stringContaining(`
+Rules:
+  CheckBootstrapVersion:`));
 
   await fixture.cdk(['synth', fixture.fullStackName('test-2')], { verbose: false });
   expect(fixture.template('test-2')).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({