diff --git a/R/plot-build.R b/R/plot-build.R
index 1bf0019324..2c1695e350 100644
--- a/R/plot-build.R
+++ b/R/plot-build.R
@@ -276,14 +276,19 @@ ggplot_gtable.ggplot_built <- function(data) {
   # positioning of caption is governed by plot.caption.position
   #   "panel" means align to the panel(s)
   #   "plot" means align to the entire plot (except margins and tag)
-  title_pos <- theme$plot.title.position %||% "panel"
-  if (!(title_pos %in% c("panel", "plot"))) {
-    cli::cli_abort('{.var plot.title.position} should be either {.val "panel"} or {.val "plot"}.')
-  }
-  caption_pos <- theme$plot.caption.position %||% "panel"
-  if (!(caption_pos %in% c("panel", "plot"))) {
-    cli::cli_abort('{.var plot.caption.position} should be either {.val "panel"} or {.val "plot"}.')
-  }
+  title_pos <- arg_match0(
+    theme$plot.title.position %||% "panel",
+    c("panel", "plot"),
+    arg_nm = "plot.title.position",
+    error_call = expr(theme())
+  )
+
+  caption_pos <- arg_match0(
+    theme$plot.caption.position %||% "panel",
+    values = c("panel", "plot"),
+    arg_nm = "plot.caption.position",
+    error_call = expr(theme())
+  )
 
   pans <- plot_table$layout[grepl("^panel", plot_table$layout$name), , drop = FALSE]
   if (title_pos == "panel") {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/theme.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/theme.md
index b879a97d01..b0f60cd35a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/theme.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/theme.md
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
 # Theme elements are checked during build
 
-    `plot.title.position` should be either "\"panel\"" or "\"plot\"".
+    `plot.title.position` must be one of "panel" or "plot", not "test".
 
 ---
 
-    `plot.caption.position` should be either "\"panel\"" or "\"plot\"".
+    `plot.caption.position` must be one of "panel" or "plot", not "test".
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-stat-summary.R b/tests/testthat/test-stat-summary.R
index 5f8cc4b4fd..925ba8d4b1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-stat-summary.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-stat-summary.R
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ test_that("stat_summary_(2d|hex) work with lambda expressions", {
 
   # stat_summary_hex
   # this plot is a bit funky, but easy to reason through
+  skip_if_not_installed("hexbin")
   p1 <- ggplot(dat, aes(x, y, z = z)) +
     stat_summary_hex(fun = function(x) mean(x))