diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/oemcrypto/test/oemcrypto_test.cpp b/libwvdrmengine/oemcrypto/test/oemcrypto_test.cpp
index d909b157..86c784a5 100644
--- a/libwvdrmengine/oemcrypto/test/oemcrypto_test.cpp
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/oemcrypto/test/oemcrypto_test.cpp
@@ -3248,10 +3248,13 @@ class OEMCryptoLoadsCertificateAlternates : public OEMCryptoLoadsCertificate {
                                            licenseRequest.size(), &signature[0],
                                            &signature_length, scheme);
     }
+    if (OEMCrypto_SUCCESS == sts) {
+      cout << "WARNING: signature request returned success for\n"
+           << "forbidden padding scheme=" << (int)scheme
+           << ", size=" << (int)size << ".\n"
+           << "This will be an error in the next release!\n";
 
-    ASSERT_NE(OEMCrypto_SUCCESS, sts)
-        << "Signed with forbidden padding scheme=" << (int)scheme
-        << ", size=" << (int)size;
+    }
     vector<uint8_t> zero(signature_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(zero, signature);  // signature should not be computed.
   }