diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
index 1d3b6ff81168e7..4dffedd3c32b4b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const hostObject = new (internalBinding('js_stream').JSStream)();
 {
   const ser = new v8.DefaultSerializer();
   ser._getDataCloneError = common.mustCall((message) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(message, '[object Object] could not be cloned.');
+    assert.strictEqual(message, '#<Object> could not be cloned.');
     return new Error('foobar');
   });