diff --git a/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/pubsub/LocalPubSubSpec.scala b/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/pubsub/LocalPubSubSpec.scala
index c55893645c..e82fe3475c 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/pubsub/LocalPubSubSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/pubsub/LocalPubSubSpec.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class LocalPubSubSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with AnyWordSpecLike wit
 
     "publish to all local subscriber actors of a topic" in {
       val fruitTopic =
-        LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").expect {
+        LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").withCheckExcess(false).expect {
           testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit"))
         }
 
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ class LocalPubSubSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with AnyWordSpecLike wit
     }
 
     "publish to all subscriber actors across several instances of the same topic" in {
-      val (fruitTopic1, fruitTopic2) = LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").withOccurrences(2).expect {
-        (testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit")), testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit")))
-      }
+      val (fruitTopic1, fruitTopic2) =
+        LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").withOccurrences(2).withCheckExcess(false).expect {
+          (testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit")), testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit")))
+        }
 
       try {
         val probe1 = testKit.createTestProbe[String]()
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class LocalPubSubSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with AnyWordSpecLike wit
 
     "doesn't publish after unsubscribe" in {
       val fruitTopic =
-        LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").expect {
+        LoggingTestKit.debug("Topic list updated").withCheckExcess(false).expect {
           testKit.spawn(Topic[String]("fruit"))
         }