diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-asIndexedPairs.mjs b/test/parallel/test-stream-asIndexedPairs.mjs
index a98299b4614a14..382ec7a8af04b6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-asIndexedPairs.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-asIndexedPairs.mjs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { deepStrictEqual, rejects } from 'assert';
     const p = Readable.from([1, 2, 3]).asIndexedPairs({ signal }).toArray();
     ac.abort();
     await p;
-  }, /AbortError/);
+  }, { name: 'AbortError' });
 
   await rejects(async () => {
     const signal = AbortSignal.abort();