diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/global_cancel.out b/src/test/regress/expected/global_cancel.out
index 6a206b0ad..a028df420 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/global_cancel.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/global_cancel.out
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CREATE SCHEMA global_cancel;
 SET search_path TO global_cancel;
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 56789000;
+SET citus.grep_remote_commands TO '%pg_cancel_backend%';
 CREATE TABLE dist_table (a INT, b INT);
 SELECT create_distributed_table ('dist_table', 'a', shard_count:=4);
  create_distributed_table
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@ DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
 ERROR:  canceling statement due to user request
 BEGIN;
 SELECT pg_cancel_backend(:coordinator_gpid) FROM dist_table WHERE a = 1;
-NOTICE:  issuing BEGIN TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED;SELECT assign_distributed_transaction_id(xx, xx, 'xxxxxxx');
-DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
 NOTICE:  issuing SELECT pg_cancel_backend('xxxxx'::bigint) AS pg_cancel_backend FROM global_cancel.dist_table_56789000 dist_table WHERE (a OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
 DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
 ERROR:  canceling statement due to user request
@@ -100,13 +99,13 @@ WHERE isactive = true AND noderole = 'primary';
 SELECT citus_nodeid_for_gpid(10000000000 * 2 + 3);
  citus_nodeid_for_gpid
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-        2
+                     2
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT citus_pid_for_gpid(10000000000 * 2 + 3);
  citus_pid_for_gpid
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-        3
+                  3
 (1 row)
 
 DROP SCHEMA global_cancel CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/global_cancel.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/global_cancel.sql
index 6dc58aa2d..d89b83175 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/global_cancel.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/global_cancel.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CREATE SCHEMA global_cancel;
 SET search_path TO global_cancel;
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 56789000;
+SET citus.grep_remote_commands TO '%pg_cancel_backend%';
 
 CREATE TABLE dist_table (a INT, b INT);
 SELECT create_distributed_table ('dist_table', 'a', shard_count:=4);