diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index 1c4ee2af32..1502fc01f2 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ class.  Here's a simple usage example:
           self.vm.launch()
           res = self.vm.command('human-monitor-command',
                                 command_line='info version')
-          self.assertRegexpMatches(res, r'^(\d+\.\d+\.\d)')
+          self.assertRegex(res, r'^(\d+\.\d+\.\d)')
 
 To execute your test, run:
 
diff --git a/tests/avocado/version.py b/tests/avocado/version.py
index dd775955eb..1d5f1f2562 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/version.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/version.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ def test_qmp_human_info_version(self):
         self.vm.launch()
         res = self.vm.command('human-monitor-command',
                               command_line='info version')
-        self.assertRegexpMatches(res, r'^(\d+\.\d+\.\d)')
+        self.assertRegex(res, r'^(\d+\.\d+\.\d)')