diff --git a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
index 02d2c4532a0..b582c8c9b85 100644
--- a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
+++ b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ContainerTimeoutTest : FunSpec() {
             .launch()
          collector.tests.keys.map { it.name.testName }.toSet() shouldBe setOf("a")
          collector.tests.values.map { it.errorOrNull?.message }.toSet() shouldBe setOf(
-            "Test 'a' did not complete within 10ms",
+            "Test 'a' did not complete within 100ms",
          )
       }
    }
diff --git a/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter.kt b/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter.kt
index 7438eaa4d4a..ff78903f595 100644
--- a/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter.kt
+++ b/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter(private val patterns: List<String>) : Tes
       logger.log { Pair(descriptor.toString(), "Testing against $patterns") }
       return when {
          patterns.isEmpty() -> TestFilterResult.Include
-         patterns.all { match(it, descriptor) } -> TestFilterResult.Include
+         patterns.any { match(it, descriptor) } -> TestFilterResult.Include
          else -> TestFilterResult.Exclude(null)
       }
    }
diff --git a/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilterTest.kt b/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilterTest.kt
index 51bbb829ecb..fc1e54ae091 100644
--- a/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilterTest.kt
+++ b/kotest-runner/kotest-runner-junit5/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/kotest/runner/junit/platform/gradle/GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilterTest.kt
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ class GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilterTest : FunSpec({
       val test = container.append("nested test")
 
       withData(
-         nameFn = { filters -> "should be INCLUDED when evaluating $filters" },
+         nameFn = { filters -> "should be INCLUDED if any of the filters matches when evaluating $filters" },
          listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit.platform.gradle\\E"),
          listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit.platform.gradle.\\E.*"),
          listOf(".*\\Qnner.junit.platform.gradle\\E"),
          listOf(".*\\Qnner.junit.platform.gradle.\\E.*"),
          listOf(".*\\Q.junit.platform.gradle\\E"),
          listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit.platform.gra\\E.*"),
-         listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit\\E"),
+         listOf(".*\\QNotSpec\\E", "\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit\\E"),
       ) { filters ->
          GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter(filters).filter(spec) shouldBe TestFilterResult.Include
       }
 
       withData(
-         nameFn = { filters -> "should be EXCLUDED when evaluating $filters" },
+         nameFn = { filters -> "should be EXCLUDED if none of the filters matches when evaluating $filters" },
          listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit2\\E"),
-         listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit\\E", ".*\\QSpec\\E"),
+         listOf("\\Qio.kotest.runner.junit2\\E", ".*\\QNotSpec\\E"),
       ) { filters ->
          GradleClassMethodRegexTestFilter(filters).filter(spec) shouldBe TestFilterResult.Exclude(null)
       }