diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
index f7891faa23..7e9b2cdfa9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ alter event trigger regress_event_trigger rename to regress_event_trigger3;
 drop event trigger regress_event_trigger;
 ERROR:  event trigger "regress_event_trigger" does not exist
 -- should fail, regress_evt_user owns some objects
+-- use terse mode to avoid ordering issues in DROP ROLE detail output
+\set VERBOSITY terse
 drop role regress_evt_user;
 ERROR:  role "regress_evt_user" cannot be dropped because some objects depend on it
-DETAIL:  owner of user mapping for regress_evt_user on server useless_server
-owner of default privileges on new relations belonging to role regress_evt_user
-owner of event trigger regress_event_trigger3
+\set VERBOSITY default
 -- cleanup before next test
 -- these are all OK; the second one should emit a NOTICE
 drop event trigger if exists regress_event_trigger2;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
index 346168673d..46666d1278 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ alter event trigger regress_event_trigger rename to regress_event_trigger3;
 drop event trigger regress_event_trigger;
 
 -- should fail, regress_evt_user owns some objects
+-- use terse mode to avoid ordering issues in DROP ROLE detail output
+\set VERBOSITY terse
 drop role regress_evt_user;
+\set VERBOSITY default
 
 -- cleanup before next test
 -- these are all OK; the second one should emit a NOTICE