diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
index 2826b1dd76f146..a30ab8ce293764 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ const validDelays = [0, 0.001, 1, 1e6];
 
 
 for (let i = 0; i < nonNumericDelays.length; i++) {
-  assert.throws(function() {
+  assert.throws(() => {
     s.setTimeout(nonNumericDelays[i], () => {});
-  }, TypeError, nonNumericDelays[i]);
+  }, { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' }, nonNumericDelays[i]);
 }
 
 for (let i = 0; i < badRangeDelays.length; i++) {
-  assert.throws(function() {
+  assert.throws(() => {
     s.setTimeout(badRangeDelays[i], () => {});
-  }, RangeError, badRangeDelays[i]);
+  }, { code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE' }, badRangeDelays[i]);
 }
 
 for (let i = 0; i < validDelays.length; i++) {
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ for (let i = 0; i < validDelays.length; i++) {
 }
 
 const server = net.Server();
-server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
-  const socket = net.createConnection(this.address().port);
-  socket.setTimeout(1, common.mustCall(function() {
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const socket = net.createConnection(server.address().port);
+  socket.setTimeout(1, common.mustCall(() => {
     socket.destroy();
     server.close();
   }));