diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-switchboard/src/switchboard.test.ts b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-switchboard/src/switchboard.test.ts
index 859769e0e082b..fb77ab90f8a42 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-switchboard/src/switchboard.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-switchboard/src/switchboard.test.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe('comms', () => {
       });
       port2.start();
 
-      expect(ours.get('someMethod')).rejects.toThrowError(
+      await expect(ours.get('someMethod')).rejects.toThrowError(
         'Unexpected response message',
       );
     });