diff --git a/tests/dbt/cli/test_selectors.py b/tests/dbt/cli/test_selectors.py
index 3d50fe6ed2..a2c19057eb 100644
--- a/tests/dbt/cli/test_selectors.py
+++ b/tests/dbt/cli/test_selectors.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ def test_exclude_by_dbt_names(
     ctx = jaffle_shop_duckdb_context
     ctx.load()
     assert '"jaffle_shop"."main"."agg_orders"' in ctx.models
+    assert ctx.get_model('"jaffle_shop"."main"."agg_orders"').tags == ["agg"]
 
     selector = ctx._new_selector()
     assert isinstance(selector, DbtSelector)