diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/module_and_plugin_test_cases.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/module_and_plugin_test_cases.bash
index c81f84cb778..336fa3ee305 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/module_and_plugin_test_cases.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/module_and_plugin_test_cases.bash
@@ -418,17 +418,18 @@ fi
 @test "[$GROUP] install jvm-example with different logging modes and check output" {
     local relativePath=${1:-$(readlink -m jvm-example-*.zip)}
     sudo -E -u $ESPLUGIN_COMMAND_USER "$ESHOME/bin/elasticsearch-plugin" install "file://$relativePath" > /tmp/plugin-cli-output
-    local loglines=$(cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output | wc -l)
+    # exclude progress line
+    local loglines=$(cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output | grep -v "^[[:cntrl:]]" | wc -l)
     if [ "$GROUP" == "TAR PLUGINS" ]; then
     # tar extraction does not create the plugins directory so the plugin tool will print an additional line that the directory will be created
         [ "$loglines" -eq "3" ] || {
-            echo "Expected 3 lines but the output was:"
+            echo "Expected 3 lines excluding progress bar but the output had $loglines lines and was:"
             cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output
             false
         }
     else
         [ "$loglines" -eq "2" ] || {
-            echo "Expected 2 lines but the output was:"
+            echo "Expected 2 lines excluding progress bar but the output had $loglines lines and was:"
             cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output
             false
         }
@@ -437,16 +438,16 @@ fi
 
     local relativePath=${1:-$(readlink -m jvm-example-*.zip)}
     sudo -E -u $ESPLUGIN_COMMAND_USER ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Des.logger.level=DEBUG" "$ESHOME/bin/elasticsearch-plugin" install "file://$relativePath" > /tmp/plugin-cli-output
-    local loglines=$(cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output | wc -l)
+    local loglines=$(cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output | grep -v "^[[:cntrl:]]" | wc -l)
     if [ "$GROUP" == "TAR PLUGINS" ]; then
         [ "$loglines" -gt "3" ] || {
-            echo "Expected more than 3 lines but the output was:"
+            echo "Expected more than 3 lines excluding progress bar but the output had $loglines lines and was:"
             cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output
             false
         }
     else
         [ "$loglines" -gt "2" ] || {
-            echo "Expected more than 2 lines but the output was:"
+            echo "Expected more than 2 lines excluding progress bar but the output had $loglines lines and was:"
             cat /tmp/plugin-cli-output
             false
         }