diff --git a/coderd/coderdtest/coderdtest.go b/coderd/coderdtest/coderdtest.go
index 463ee888f6..ac362295f0 100644
--- a/coderd/coderdtest/coderdtest.go
+++ b/coderd/coderdtest/coderdtest.go
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ func (nopcloser) Close() error { return nil }
 // SDKError coerces err into an SDK error.
 func SDKError(t testing.TB, err error) *codersdk.Error {
 	var cerr *codersdk.Error
-	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &cerr), "should be SDK error, got %w", err)
+	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &cerr), "should be SDK error, got %s", err)
 	return cerr
 }