diff --git a/tests/integration/verify.yml b/tests/integration/verify.yml
index 129b908..1f460f5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/verify.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/verify.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@
       when: integration_profile == 'ubongo'
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
-          - "'hook input priority 0; policy drop;' in _nft.stdout"
-          - "'hook forward priority 0; policy accept;' in _nft.stdout"
+          # live `nft list ruleset` prints the SYMBOLIC priority (`filter` = 0), unlike the
+          # rendered /etc/nftables.conf (`priority 0`) that the Molecule scenario asserts against.
+          - "'hook input priority filter; policy drop;' in _nft.stdout"
+          - "'hook forward priority filter; policy accept;' in _nft.stdout"
           # the ssh-from-control lifeline (base__firewall_control_addr) — the reconnect path
           - "'ip saddr 192.168.150.1 tcp dport 22 accept' in _nft.stdout"
           - "'ip saddr 192.168.150.98 tcp dport 22 accept' in _nft.stdout"