diff --git a/LICENSES b/LICENSES
index 707f6bfa1..df50900b8 100644
--- a/LICENSES
+++ b/LICENSES
@@ -12640,6 +12640,34 @@ SOFTWARE.
 ================================================================================
 
 
+================================================================================
+= vendor/github.com/sergi/go-diff licensed under: =
+
+Copyright (c) 2012-2016 The go-diff Authors. All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+
+= vendor/github.com/sergi/go-diff/LICENSE 16f703825b70b736d741a46be315b0d9
+================================================================================
+
+
 ================================================================================
 = vendor/github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name licensed under: =
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11c190fda..acab08b54 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pavel-v-chernykh/keystore-go v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0
+	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 69c3a9d29..7e7e3f024 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQD
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 h1:iQh3xXAumdQ+4Ufa5b25cRpC5TYKlno6hsv6Cb3pkBk=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0 h1:Kpca3qRNrduNnOQeazBd0ysaKrUJiIuISHxogkT9RPQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
diff --git a/test/integration/ctl/BUILD.bazel b/test/integration/ctl/BUILD.bazel
index 0d7edf279..3067d52cf 100644
--- a/test/integration/ctl/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/integration/ctl/BUILD.bazel
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/util/pki:go_default_library",
         "//test/integration/framework:go_default_library",
         "//test/unit/gen:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_sergi_go_diff//diffmatchpatch:go_default_library",
         "@io_k8s_api//core/v1:go_default_library",
         "@io_k8s_apimachinery//pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "@io_k8s_apimachinery//pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go b/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
index ba28a5295..24686b6f5 100644
--- a/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
@@ -337,8 +338,9 @@ CertificateRequest:
 				t.Error(err)
 			}
 			if !match {
-				t.Errorf("got unexpected output, exp(replacing regex with a time)=\n%s\n\nbut got=\n%s",
-					strings.TrimSpace(test.expOutput), strings.TrimSpace(outBuf.String()))
+				dmp := diffmatchpatch.New()
+				diffs := dmp.DiffMain(strings.TrimSpace(test.expOutput), strings.TrimSpace(outBuf.String()), false)
+				t.Errorf("got unexpected ouput, diff (ignoring the regex for creation time): %s\n", dmp.DiffPrettyText(diffs))
 			}
 		})
 	}