diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
index 20b370d271..ff131ae755 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import { createMockSettings } from '../../test-utils/settings.js';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
 // Normalize paths to POSIX slashes for stable cross-platform snapshots.
+// We replace the Windows drive letter with spaces to preserve the rendered string length.
 const normalizeFrame = (frame: string | undefined) => {
   if (!frame) return frame;
-  return frame.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/[A-Za-z]:\/(Users)/g, '/$1');
+  return frame.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/[A-Za-z]:\//g, '  /');
 };
 
 const mockSessionStats = {