diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-port-hostname.js b/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-port-hostname.js
index 23089baf448a39..b08c35f3e63ea5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-port-hostname.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-port-hostname.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var net = require('net');
-var assert = require('assert');
+const common = require('../common');
+const net = require('net');
+const assert = require('assert');
 
-var c = net.createConnection(common.PORT, '***');
+const c = net.createConnection(common.PORT, '***');
 
 c.on('connect', common.fail);
 
 c.on('error', common.mustCall(function(e) {
-  assert.equal(e.code, 'ENOTFOUND');
-  assert.equal(e.port, common.PORT);
-  assert.equal(e.hostname, '***');
+  assert.strictEqual(e.code, 'ENOTFOUND');
+  assert.strictEqual(e.port, common.PORT);
+  assert.strictEqual(e.hostname, '***');
 }));