diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
index 69e087f37..7bbe46cbe 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusControllerTest do
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.ScheduledActivity
+  alias Pleroma.Tests.Helpers
   alias Pleroma.Tests.ObanHelpers
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub
@@ -2191,7 +2192,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusControllerTest do
 
     # Using the header for pagination works correctly
     [next, _] = get_resp_header(result, "link") |> hd() |> String.split(", ")
-    [_, max_id] = Regex.run(~r/max_id=([^&]+)>.*/, next)
+    [next_url, _next_rel] = String.split(next, ";")
+    next_url = String.trim_trailing(next_url, ">") |> String.trim_leading("<")
+
+    max_id = Helpers.get_query_parameter(next_url, "max_id")
 
     assert max_id == third_favorite.id