--- binutils-2.39/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp	2023-10-30 13:08:25.863377518 +0000
+++ binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp	2023-10-30 13:05:18.094268608 +0000
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ proc test_ar { test lib object expect }
 	return
     }
 
-    set cmd "$nm --print-armap $tmpdir/$lib | grep \\\ in\\\  | egrep VERS\\\|bar\\\|foo | grep -v ^\\\\. | sort > $tmpdir/nm.out"
+    set cmd "$nm --print-armap $tmpdir/$lib | grep \\\ in\\\  | grep -E VERS\\\|bar\\\|foo | grep -v ^\\\\. | sort > $tmpdir/nm.out"
     verbose -log $cmd
     catch "exec $cmd" exec_output
     if [string match "" $exec_output] then {