diff --git a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/fast_fail_noAddress.test b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/fast_fail_noAddress.test
index 37471fe319..534e972eeb 100644
--- a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/fast_fail_noAddress.test
+++ b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/fast_fail_noAddress.test
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # NB: To request this test by name, make it lowercase, eg sbt "centaur/it:testOnly * -- -n fast_fail_noaddress"
 name: fast_fail_noAddress
-# GCPBATCH error message is different
-# Unable to complete Batch request due to a problem with the request (io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException: INVALID_ARGUMENT: no_external_ip_address field is invalid. both network and subnetwork have to be specified when no_external_ip_address is true).
-backends: [Papi, Papiv2, GCPBATCH_NEEDS_ALT]
+backends: [Papi, Papiv2, GCPBATCH_ALT]
 backendsMode: any
 testFormat: workflowfailure
 
diff --git a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_fast_fail_noAddress.test b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_fast_fail_noAddress.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eda2d5d394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_fast_fail_noAddress.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# NB: To request this test by name, make it lowercase, eg sbt "centaur/it:testOnly * -- -n gcpbatch_fast_fail_noaddress"
+name: gcpbatch_fast_fail_noaddress
+backends: [ GCPBATCH ]
+backendsMode: any
+testFormat: workflowfailure
+
+files {
+  workflow: fast_fail_noAddress/fast_fail_noAddress.wdl
+}
+
+metadata {
+  workflowName: fast_fail_noAddress
+  "failures.0.causedBy.0.message": ~~"Unable to complete Batch request due to a problem with the request (io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException: INVALID_ARGUMENT: no_external_ip_address field is invalid. both network and subnetwork have to be specified when no_external_ip_address is true)."
+  status: Failed
+}