diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 7f6eaa34e11406..c7c63e5e4ae29d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -318,8 +318,10 @@ def baz():
         check('(yield i) = 2', 1, 2)
         check('def f(*):\n  pass', 1, 7)
 
-    def testMemoryErrorBigSource(self):
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(OverflowError, "column offset overflow"):
+    @support.requires_resource('cpu')
+    @support.bigmemtest(support._2G, memuse=1.5)
+    def testMemoryErrorBigSource(self, _size):
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
             exec(f"if True:\n {' ' * 2**31}print('hello world')")
 
     @cpython_only