diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rspec.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rspec.rb
index c4e0a9873..3ca987efb 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rspec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rspec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 RSpec::Matchers.define :include_sentry_event do |event_message = "", **opts|
   match do |sentry_events|
-    event = sentry_events.find { |event| event.message == event_message }
+    @expected_event = Sentry.get_current_client.event_from_message(event_message)
+
+    event = sentry_events.find { |event| event.message == @expected_event.message }
 
     return false unless event