diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
index ab929a174f7b794b9e09c6ae4f3f8b6d39979241_dGVzdHMvaGdoYXZlLnB5..d4db88a26ad53e20d1183581d1c73b82b0e96686_dGVzdHMvaGdoYXZlLnB5 100644
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 @check("darcs", "darcs client")
 def has_darcs():
-    return matchoutput('darcs --version', br'2\.[2-9]', True)
+    return matchoutput('darcs --version', br'\b2\.([2-9]|\d{2})', True)
 
 @check("mtn", "monotone client (>= 1.0)")
 def has_mtn():