diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
index df2db48813..00fedbde1b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for (const test of failureTests) {
         return false;
 
       // The input could be processed, so we don't do strict matching here
-      const match = (error + '').match(/Invalid URL: (.*)$/);
+      const match = (`${error}`).match(/Invalid URL: (.*)$/);
       if (!match) {
         return false;
       }