diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-pathtofileurl.js b/test/parallel/test-url-pathtofileurl.js
index 6e5fd4eb7459cc..9c506e353f49e5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-url-pathtofileurl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-pathtofileurl.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const url = require('url');
 {
   const fileURL = url.pathToFileURL('test\\').href;
   assert.ok(fileURL.startsWith('file:///'));
-  assert.match(fileURL, isWindows ? /\\$/ : /%5C$/);
+  assert.match(fileURL, isWindows ? /\/$/ : /%5C$/);
 }
 
 {