diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/dangling-refs-dangling.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/dangling-refs-dangling.out
index cf1522c..a41cd59 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/dangling-refs-dangling.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/dangling-refs-dangling.out
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+new object: 11 0 R
 all objects
 1 0 R
 2 0 R
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/minimal-dangling.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/minimal-dangling.out
index 6f65685..c3ad7c7 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/minimal-dangling.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/minimal-dangling.out
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+new object: 7 0 R
 all objects
 1 0 R
 2 0 R
diff --git a/qpdf/test_driver.cc b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
index ff21172..179dd6a 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_driver.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
@@ -2062,8 +2062,10 @@ test_53(QPDF& pdf, char const* arg2)
 {
     // Test get all objects and dangling ref handling
     QPDFObjectHandle root = pdf.getRoot();
-    root.replaceKey(
-        "/Q1", pdf.makeIndirectObject(QPDFObjectHandle::newString("potato")));
+    auto new_obj =
+        pdf.makeIndirectObject(QPDFObjectHandle::newString("potato"));
+    root.replaceKey("/Q1", new_obj);
+    std::cout << "new object: " << new_obj.unparse() << std::endl;
     std::cout << "all objects" << std::endl;
     for (auto& obj: pdf.getAllObjects()) {
         std::cout << obj.unparse() << std::endl;