diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 707d3d645..9aa70e15e 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+10 October 2024: Wouter
+	- Fix cookie_file test sporadic fails for time change during
+	  the test.
+
 9 October 2024: Wouter
 	- Merge #871: DNS over QUIC. This adds `quic-port: 853` and
 	  `quic-size: 8m` that enable dnsoverquic, and the counters
diff --git a/testdata/cookie_file.tdir/cookie_file.test b/testdata/cookie_file.tdir/cookie_file.test
index 7da4fa657..d5d2c2d1f 100644
--- a/testdata/cookie_file.tdir/cookie_file.test
+++ b/testdata/cookie_file.tdir/cookie_file.test
@@ -238,10 +238,12 @@ then
 	echo "Got the same first cookie in the response while the second secret is active"
 	exit 1
 fi
-if ! grep -q "COOKIE: $second_cookie" $outfile
+if ! grep -q "COOKIE: .* (good)$" $outfile
 then
+	# dig can generate a different cookie value here than previous cookies.
+	# but make sure the output contains a valid cookie
 	cat $outfile
-	echo "Did not get the same second cookie in the response"
+	echo "Did not get a valid cookie in the response"
 	exit 1
 fi