diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 29e2f17608..ac8447f21e 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch follows tags by default' '
 		git for-each-ref >tmp1 &&
 		sed -n "p; s|refs/heads/main$|refs/remotes/origin/main|p" tmp1 |
 		sed -n "p; s|refs/heads/main$|refs/remotes/origin/HEAD|p"  |
-		sort -k 4 >../expect
+		sort -k 3 >../expect
 	) &&
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf dst" &&
 	git init dst &&