diff --git a/test/mysql-cdc-old-syntax/empty-table.td b/test/mysql-cdc-old-syntax/empty-table.td
index 65d78911175c9..f1f2dd0058878 100644
--- a/test/mysql-cdc-old-syntax/empty-table.td
+++ b/test/mysql-cdc-old-syntax/empty-table.td
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ CREATE TABLE empty_table (f1 BOOLEAN);
 
 # TODO: database-issues#7690 (subsource remains starting)
 > SELECT name, type, status FROM mz_internal.mz_source_statuses WHERE name in ('empty_table', 'mz_source');
-empty_table subsource starting
+empty_table subsource running
 mz_source mysql running