diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-unresolved.js b/tests/src/rules/no-unresolved.js
index e564aced52..f0bcb9c157 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-unresolved.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-unresolved.js
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ function runResolverTests(resolver) {
       rest({ code: "import('fs');",
         parser: require.resolve('babel-eslint') }),
 
-      // check without babel parser
+      // check with eslint parser
       rest({ code: "import('fs');",
+        parser: require.resolve('espree'),
         parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 12 } }),
 
       rest({ code: 'import * as foo from "a"' }),
@@ -135,13 +136,14 @@ function runResolverTests(resolver) {
         errors: ["Unable to resolve path to module './does-not-exist'."],
       }),
 
-      // check without babel parser
+      // check with eslint parser
       rest({
         code: "import('in-alternate-root').then(function({DEEP}){});",
         errors: [{ message: 'Unable to resolve path to ' +
                           "module 'in-alternate-root'.",
         type: 'Literal',
         }],
+        parser: require.resolve('espree'),
         parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 12 } }),
 
       // export symmetry proposal