diff --git a/selfservice/strategy/password/registration_test.go b/selfservice/strategy/password/registration_test.go
index dacdef8c9ff2..40c26dfc96c9 100644
--- a/selfservice/strategy/password/registration_test.go
+++ b/selfservice/strategy/password/registration_test.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 					body := testhelpers.SubmitRegistrationForm(t, true, apiClient, publicTS,
 						applyTransform(values, transform), false, http.StatusBadRequest,
 						publicTS.URL+registration.RouteSubmitFlow)
-					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing with registration-identifier-8-api-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
+					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing in with registration-identifier-8-api-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
 				})
 
 				t.Run("type=spa", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 
 					_ = expectSuccessfulLogin(t, false, true, nil, values)
 					body := registrationhelpers.ExpectValidationError(t, publicTS, conf, "spa", applyTransform(values, transform))
-					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing with registration-identifier-8-spa-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
+					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing in with registration-identifier-8-spa-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
 				})
 
 				t.Run("type=browser", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 
 					_ = expectSuccessfulLogin(t, false, false, nil, values)
 					body := registrationhelpers.ExpectValidationError(t, publicTS, conf, "browser", applyTransform(values, transform))
-					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing with registration-identifier-8-browser-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
+					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(body, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "You tried signing in with registration-identifier-8-browser-duplicate-"+suffix+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", "%s", body)
 				})
 			}
 
diff --git a/selfservice/strategy/webauthn/registration_test.go b/selfservice/strategy/webauthn/registration_test.go
index 7326cdfd04ab..cc20d431230c 100644
--- a/selfservice/strategy/webauthn/registration_test.go
+++ b/selfservice/strategy/webauthn/registration_test.go
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 					actual, _, _ = makeRegistration(t, f, values(email))
 					assert.Contains(t, gjson.Get(actual, "ui.action").String(), publicTS.URL+registration.RouteSubmitFlow, "%s", actual)
 					registrationhelpers.CheckFormContent(t, []byte(actual), node.WebAuthnRegisterTrigger, "csrf_token", "traits.username")
-					assert.Equal(t, "You tried signing with "+email+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", gjson.Get(actual, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "%s", actual)
+					assert.Equal(t, "You tried signing in with "+email+" which is already in use by another account. You can sign in using your password.", gjson.Get(actual, "ui.messages.0.text").String(), "%s", actual)
 				})
 			}
 		})