diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
index 9582264a8c716..65332ae7153e2 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ def test_pyint_engine(self):
             index = MultiIndex.from_tuples(keys)
             assert index.get_loc(keys[idx]) == idx
 
-            expected = np.arange(idx + 1, dtype='int64')
+            expected = np.arange(idx + 1, dtype=np.intp)
             result = index.get_indexer([keys[i] for i in expected])
             tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)