diff --git a/test/parallel/test-uv-binding-constant.js b/test/parallel/test-uv-binding-constant.js
index beae7672db12f5..8bd4fa0b3294e9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-uv-binding-constant.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-uv-binding-constant.js
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ const keys = Object.keys(uv);
 keys.forEach((key) => {
   if (key.startsWith('UV_')) {
     const val = uv[key];
-    assert.throws(() => uv[key] = 1,
-                  /^TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property/);
+    assert.throws(() => uv[key] = 1, TypeError);
     assert.strictEqual(uv[key], val);
   }
 });