diff --git a/local_moodleappbehat/tests/behat/behat_app_helper.php b/local_moodleappbehat/tests/behat/behat_app_helper.php
index d67fa4a82..ad25bddb4 100644
--- a/local_moodleappbehat/tests/behat/behat_app_helper.php
+++ b/local_moodleappbehat/tests/behat/behat_app_helper.php
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ class behat_app_helper extends behat_base {
     /**
      * Replaces $WWWROOT for the url of the Moodle site.
      *
+     * Using $WWWROOTPATTERN will replace it for a regex pattern.
+     *
      * @Transform /^(.*\$WWWROOT.*)$/
      * @param string $text Text.
      * @return string
@@ -299,7 +301,10 @@ class behat_app_helper extends behat_base {
     public function replace_wwwroot($text) {
         global $CFG;
 
-        return str_replace('$WWWROOT', $CFG->behat_wwwroot, $text);
+        $text = str_replace('$WWWROOTPATTERN', preg_quote($CFG->behat_wwwroot, '/'), $text);
+        $text = str_replace('$WWWROOT', $CFG->behat_wwwroot, $text);
+
+        return $text;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/login/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature b/src/core/features/login/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
index 6d2691b67..46bc64d17 100755
--- a/src/core/features/login/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
+++ b/src/core/features/login/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Feature: Test basic usage of login in app
     And I should find "You must change your password to proceed." in the app
 
     When I press "Change password" "ion-button" in the app
-    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "webserver"
+    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "$WWWROOTPATTERN"
 
     When I close the browser tab opened by the app
     Then I should find "If you didn't change your password correctly, you'll be asked to do it again." in the app
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Feature: Test basic usage of login in app
     But I should not find "Reconnect" in the app
 
     When I press "Change password" "ion-button" in the app
-    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "webserver"
+    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "$WWWROOTPATTERN"
 
     When I switch to the browser tab opened by the app
     And I set the field "username" to "student1"
diff --git a/src/core/features/user/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature b/src/core/features/user/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
index 5aeadf3c8..21a3f14d2 100755
--- a/src/core/features/user/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
+++ b/src/core/features/user/tests/behat/basic_usage.feature
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Feature: Test basic usage of user features
     And I should find "Before you continue, please fill in the required fields in your user profile." in the app
 
     When I press "Complete profile" in the app
-    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "webserver"
+    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "$WWWROOTPATTERN"
 
     When I close the browser tab opened by the app
     Then I should find "If you didn't complete your profile correctly, you'll be asked to do it again." in the app
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Feature: Test basic usage of user features
     But I should not find "Reconnect" in the app
 
     When I press "Complete profile" in the app
-    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "webserver"
+    Then the app should have opened a browser tab with url "$WWWROOTPATTERN"
 
     When I switch to the browser tab opened by the app
     And I set the field "username" to "student1"