diff --git a/tests/test-renames.t b/tests/test-renames.t
index 986fbbc53ab6557d917b95b61c4d86af8ce21e17_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1yZW5hbWVzLnQ=..7decccb79f8ad13211c5755924f1c2076d480cd4_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1yZW5hbWVzLnQ= 100644
--- a/tests/test-renames.t
+++ b/tests/test-renames.t
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
   $ sed -e 's/path = gitsubmodule/path = gitsubmodule2/' .gitmodules > .gitmodules-new
   $ mv .gitmodules-new .gitmodules
   $ mv gitsubmodule gitsubmodule2
-  $ git add .gitmodules gitsubmodule2
+
+Previous versions of git did not produce any output but 2.14 changed the output
+to warn the user about submodules
+
+  $ git add .gitmodules gitsubmodule2 2>/dev/null
   $ git rm --cached gitsubmodule
   rm 'gitsubmodule'
   $ fn_git_commit -m 'move submodule'