diff --git a/common/filter b/common/filter
index 2477f386..a8b3882f 100644
--- a/common/filter
+++ b/common/filter
@@ -603,5 +603,33 @@ _filter_assert_dmesg()
 	    -e "s#$warn2#Intentional warnings in assfail#"
 }
 
+# With version 2.41 of libcap, the output format of getcap changed.
+# More specifically such change was added by the following commit:
+#
+# commit 177cd418031b1acfcf73fe3b1af9f3279828681c
+# Author: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
+# Date:   Tue Jul 21 22:58:05 2020 -0700
+#
+#     A more compact form for the text representation of capabilities.
+#
+#     While this does not change anything about the supported range of
+#     equivalent text specifications for capabilities, as accepted by
+#     cap_from_text(), this does alter the preferred output format of
+#     cap_to_text() to be two characters shorter in most cases. That is,
+#     what used to be summarized as:
+#
+#        "= cap_foo+..."
+#
+#     is now converted to the equivalent text:
+#
+#        "cap_foo=..."
+#
+#     which is also more intuitive.
+#
+_filter_getcap()
+{
+        sed -e "s/= //" -e "s/\+/=/g"
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 /bin/true
diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index 23095d4f..27a27ea3 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -4315,6 +4315,12 @@ _require_mknod()
 	rm -f $TEST_DIR/$seq.null
 }
 
+_getcap()
+{
+	$GETCAP_PROG "$@" | _filter_getcap
+	return ${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+}
+
 init_rc
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/tests/btrfs/214 b/tests/btrfs/214
index 35c4656c..123c4cbf 100755
--- a/tests/btrfs/214
+++ b/tests/btrfs/214
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ check_capabilities()
 	local ret
 	file="$1"
 	cap="$2"
-	ret=$($GETCAP_PROG "$file")
+	ret=$(_getcap "$file")
 	if [ -z "$ret" ]; then
 		echo "$ret"
 		echo "missing capability in file $file"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ full_nocap_inc_withcap_send()
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r "$FS1" "$FS1/snap_init" >/dev/null
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send "$FS1/snap_init" -q | $BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive "$FS2" -q
 	# ensure that we don't have capabilities set
-	ret=$($GETCAP_PROG "$FS2/snap_init/foo.bar")
+	ret=$(_getcap "$FS2/snap_init/foo.bar")
 	if [ -n "$ret" ]; then
 		echo "File contains capabilities when it shouldn't"
 	fi
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ full_nocap_inc_withcap_send()
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r "$FS1" "$FS1/snap_inc" >/dev/null
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send -p "$FS1/snap_init" "$FS1/snap_inc" -q | \
 					$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive "$FS2" -q
-	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice=ep"
 
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
@@ -107,25 +107,25 @@ roundtrip_send()
 	$SETCAP_PROG "cap_sys_ptrace+ep cap_sys_nice+ep" "$FS1/foo.bar"
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r "$FS1" "$FS1/snap_init" >/dev/null
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send "$FS1/snap_init" -q | $BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive "$FS2" -q
-	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_init/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_init/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice=ep"
 
 	# Test incremental send with different owner/group but same capabilities
 	chgrp 100 "$FS1/foo.bar"
 	$SETCAP_PROG "cap_sys_ptrace+ep cap_sys_nice+ep" "$FS1/foo.bar"
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r "$FS1" "$FS1/snap_inc" >/dev/null
-	check_capabilities "$FS1/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS1/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice=ep"
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send -p "$FS1/snap_init" "$FS1/snap_inc" -q | \
 				$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive "$FS2" -q
-	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc/foo.bar" "cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_nice=ep"
 
 	# Test capabilities after incremental send with different group and capabilities
 	chgrp 0 "$FS1/foo.bar"
 	$SETCAP_PROG "cap_sys_time+ep cap_syslog+ep" "$FS1/foo.bar"
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r "$FS1" "$FS1/snap_inc2" >/dev/null
-	check_capabilities "$FS1/snap_inc2/foo.bar" "cap_sys_time,cap_syslog+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS1/snap_inc2/foo.bar" "cap_sys_time,cap_syslog=ep"
 	$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send -p "$FS1/snap_inc" "$FS1/snap_inc2" -q | \
 				$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive "$FS2"  -q
-	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc2/foo.bar" "cap_sys_time,cap_syslog+ep"
+	check_capabilities "$FS2/snap_inc2/foo.bar" "cap_sys_time,cap_syslog=ep"
 
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
diff --git a/tests/generic/093 b/tests/generic/093
index 0f835e7e..48ffec5c 100755
--- a/tests/generic/093
+++ b/tests/generic/093
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ touch $file
 
 echo "**** Verifying that appending to file clears capabilities ****"
 $SETCAP_PROG cap_chown+ep $file
-$GETCAP_PROG $file | filefilter
+_getcap $file | filefilter
 echo data1 >> $file
 cat $file
-$GETCAP_PROG $file | filefilter
+_getcap $file | filefilter
 echo
 
 echo "**** Verifying that appending to file doesn't clear other xattrs ****"
diff --git a/tests/generic/093.out b/tests/generic/093.out
index cb29153e..fe6dfe5c 100644
--- a/tests/generic/093.out
+++ b/tests/generic/093.out
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 QA output created by 093
 
 **** Verifying that appending to file clears capabilities ****
-file = cap_chown+ep
+file cap_chown=ep
 data1
 
 **** Verifying that appending to file doesn't clear other xattrs ****
diff --git a/tests/generic/513 b/tests/generic/513
index 15b4aded..70687877 100755
--- a/tests/generic/513
+++ b/tests/generic/513
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ $XFS_IO_PROG -f -c "pwrite -S 0x20 0 1m" $SCRATCH_MNT/bar >>$seqres.full
 
 $SETCAP_PROG cap_setgid,cap_setuid+ep $SCRATCH_MNT/bar
 
-before_cap="$($GETCAP_PROG -v $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
+before_cap="$(_getcap -v $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
 before_ctime="$(stat -c '%z' $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
 
 sleep 1
 
 $XFS_IO_PROG -c "reflink $SCRATCH_MNT/foo" $SCRATCH_MNT/bar >> $seqres.full 2>&1
 
-after_cap="$($GETCAP_PROG -v $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
+after_cap="$(_getcap -v $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
 after_ctime="$(stat -c '%z' $SCRATCH_MNT/bar)"
 
 echo "$before_cap $before_ctime" >> $seqres.full
diff --git a/tests/overlay/064 b/tests/overlay/064
index f5d5df1b..8d3d1e4c 100755
--- a/tests/overlay/064
+++ b/tests/overlay/064
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ _scratch_mount "-o metacopy=on"
 $XFS_IO_PROG -c "stat" ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file1 >>$seqres.full
 
 # Make sure cap_setuid is still there
-$GETCAP_PROG ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file1 | _filter_scratch
+_getcap ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file1 | _filter_scratch
 
 # Trigger metadata only copy-up
 chmod 000 ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ chmod 000 ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file2
 $XFS_IO_PROG -c "stat" ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file2 >>$seqres.full
 
 # Make sure cap_setuid is still there
-$GETCAP_PROG ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file2 | _filter_scratch
+_getcap ${SCRATCH_MNT}/file2 | _filter_scratch
 
 # success, all done
 status=0
diff --git a/tests/overlay/064.out b/tests/overlay/064.out
index cdd3064d..07f89fbd 100644
--- a/tests/overlay/064.out
+++ b/tests/overlay/064.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 QA output created by 064
-SCRATCH_MNT/file1 = cap_setuid+ep
-SCRATCH_MNT/file2 = cap_setuid+ep
+SCRATCH_MNT/file1 cap_setuid=ep
+SCRATCH_MNT/file2 cap_setuid=ep
diff --git a/tests/xfs/296 b/tests/xfs/296
index 915ffa0c..77726e54 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/296
+++ b/tests/xfs/296
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $SETCAP_PROG cap_setgid,cap_setuid+ep $dump_dir/testfile
 echo "Checking for xattr on source file"
 getfattr --absolute-names -m user.name $dump_dir/testfile | _dir_filter
 echo "Checking for capability on source file"
-$GETCAP_PROG $dump_dir/testfile | _dir_filter
+_getcap $dump_dir/testfile | _dir_filter
 getfattr --absolute-names -m security.capability $dump_dir/testfile | _dir_filter
 
 _do_dump_file -f $tmp.df.0
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ _diff_compare
 echo "Checking for xattr on restored file"
 getfattr --absolute-names -m user.name $restore_dir/$dump_sdir/testfile | _dir_filter
 echo "Checking for capability on restored file"
-$GETCAP_PROG $restore_dir/$dump_sdir/testfile | _dir_filter
+_getcap $restore_dir/$dump_sdir/testfile | _dir_filter
 getfattr --absolute-names -m security.capability $restore_dir/$dump_sdir/testfile | _dir_filter
 
 status=0
diff --git a/tests/xfs/296.out b/tests/xfs/296.out
index c279465c..f5cc624e 100644
--- a/tests/xfs/296.out
+++ b/tests/xfs/296.out
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Checking for xattr on source file
 user.name
 
 Checking for capability on source file
-DUMP_DIR/testfile = cap_setgid,cap_setuid+ep
+DUMP_DIR/testfile cap_setgid,cap_setuid=ep
 # file: DUMP_DIR/testfile
 security.capability
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Checking for xattr on restored file
 user.name
 
 Checking for capability on restored file
-RESTORE_DIR/DUMP_SUBDIR/testfile = cap_setgid,cap_setuid+ep
+RESTORE_DIR/DUMP_SUBDIR/testfile cap_setgid,cap_setuid=ep
 # file: RESTORE_DIR/DUMP_SUBDIR/testfile
 security.capability
 
