diff --git a/t/real/wdd.t b/t/real/wdd.t
index 30059cd..88e36de 100644
--- a/t/real/wdd.t
+++ b/t/real/wdd.t
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 is($output->{data}->{foundries}, 'base base/paragraphs base/sentences', 'Foundries');
 is($output->{data}->{layerInfos}, 'base/s=spans', 'layerInfos');
 my $first_token = join('||', @{$output->{data}->{stream}->[0]});
-like($first_token, qr/s:{War/, 'data');
+like($first_token, qr/s:\{War/, 'data');
 like($first_token, qr/_0\$<i>1<i>5/, 'data');