diff --git a/test/integration/test-cases/issue-2599-default-inherit.sh b/test/integration/test-cases/issue-2599-default-inherit.sh
index b7551fb1..e61a6264 100644
--- a/test/integration/test-cases/issue-2599-default-inherit.sh
+++ b/test/integration/test-cases/issue-2599-default-inherit.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ grep -q "app1" ${issue_2599_tmp}/output.log \
 
 grep -q "app2" ${issue_2599_tmp}/output.log \
     || fail "release app2 should be in output"
+grep -q "^templates:" ${issue_2599_tmp}/output.log \
+    || fail "templates section should be in build output"
 
 # Verify inherited values and labels per release
 sed -n '/name: app1/,/name: app2/p' ${issue_2599_tmp}/output.log > ${issue_2599_tmp}/app1.log
@@ -35,13 +37,13 @@ sed -n '/name: app2/,/templates:/p' ${issue_2599_tmp}/output.log > ${issue_2599_
 [ -s ${issue_2599_tmp}/app1.log ] || fail "failed to extract release app1 section from build output"
 [ -s ${issue_2599_tmp}/app2.log ] || fail "failed to extract release app2 section from build output"
 
-grep -q 'managed: "true"' ${issue_2599_tmp}/app1.log \
+grep -Eq 'managed:[[:space:]]*"?true"?' ${issue_2599_tmp}/app1.log \
     || fail "release app1 should inherit managed label from default template"
 grep -q "common.yaml" ${issue_2599_tmp}/app1.log \
     || fail "release app1 should inherit values from common.yaml"
 grep -q "common.yaml" ${issue_2599_tmp}/app2.log \
     || fail "release app2 should inherit values from common.yaml"
-if grep -q 'managed: "true"' ${issue_2599_tmp}/app2.log; then
+if grep -Eq 'managed:[[:space:]]*"?true"?' ${issue_2599_tmp}/app2.log; then
     fail "release app2 should not inherit managed label due to except"
 fi