diff --git a/test/parallel/test-directory-import.js b/test/parallel/test-directory-import.js
index d51d6b3155afab..83fd01f6a0f214 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-directory-import.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-directory-import.js
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const { pathToFileURL } = require('url');
 
 {
   assert.rejects(import('./'), /ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT/);
-  assert.rejects(import(fixtures.path('packages', 'main')), /Did you mean/);
+  assert.rejects(
+    import(pathToFileURL(fixtures.path('packages', 'main'))),
+    /Did you mean/,
+  );
 }