diff --git a/tests/control_plane/test_todo_projection_recovery.py b/tests/control_plane/test_todo_projection_recovery.py
index d8abd1c030..c9ce1b847e 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane/test_todo_projection_recovery.py
+++ b/tests/control_plane/test_todo_projection_recovery.py
@@ -446,5 +446,5 @@ def test_objective_display_never_changes_canonical_authority(canonical_display,
     assert _read(runtime) == before
     state.write_text("<!-- unreadable display")
     code, result = _cli(registry, "list", "--goal-id", "goal-a")
-    assert code == 0 and result["agent_todos"]["items"][0]["todo_id"] == "todo_active", result
+    assert code == 0 and result["todos"][0]["todo_id"] == "todo_active", result
     assert _read(runtime) == before