diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-json.js b/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
index c9701ee728f..e8c7b05bab8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-json.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ try {
   require(fixtures.path('invalid.json'));
 } catch (err) {
   assert.ok(
-    /test[/\\]fixtures[/\\]invalid\.json: Unexpected string/.test(err.message),
-    `require() json error should include path - currently: ${err.message}`
-  );
+    /test[/\\]fixtures[/\\]invalid\.json: /.test(err.message),
+    `require() json error should include path: ${err.message}`);
 }