diff --git a/lib/rspec/core/drb.rb b/lib/rspec/core/drb.rb
index e44db97c3..31bfbf653 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/core/drb.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/core/drb.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def add_full_description(argv)
       def add_filter(argv, name, hash)
         hash.each_pair do |k, v|
           next if CONDITIONAL_FILTERS.include?(k)
-          tag = name == :inclusion ? k.to_s : "~#{k}".dup
+          tag = name == :inclusion ? k.to_s.dup : "~#{k}".dup
           tag << ":#{v}" if v.is_a?(String)
           argv << "--tag" << tag
         end unless hash.empty?
diff --git a/spec/integration/spec_file_load_errors_spec.rb b/spec/integration/spec_file_load_errors_spec.rb
index 435d2ff26..609d0e04e 100644
--- a/spec/integration/spec_file_load_errors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/spec_file_load_errors_spec.rb
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ def foo
             While loading ./broken_file a `raise SyntaxError` occurred, RSpec will now quit.
           EOS
 
-          # A fix was backported to 3.2.3
+          # There was a fix was backported in 3.2.3, but syntax changed in 3.4.0 in terms of line endings
           if RUBY_VERSION > '3.2.2'
-            expect(formatted_output).to include unindent(<<-EOS)
+            expect(formatted_output.gsub(/\n\n/, "\n")).to include unindent(<<-EOS)
             SyntaxError:
               --> ./tmp/aruba/broken_file.rb
               Unmatched keyword, missing `end' ?