diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dns-lookup-promises-options-deprecated.js b/test/parallel/test-dns-lookup-promises-options-deprecated.js
index 56b7f3c6115b11..6f3b9314b9db13 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dns-lookup-promises-options-deprecated.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dns-lookup-promises-options-deprecated.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Flags: --expose-internals
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
 const cares = internalBinding('cares_wrap');
 cares.getaddrinfo = () => internalBinding('uv').UV_ENOMEM;
@@ -8,8 +9,7 @@ cares.getaddrinfo = () => internalBinding('uv').UV_ENOMEM;
 // This test ensures that dns.lookup issue a DeprecationWarning
 // when invalid options type is given
 
-const dns = require('dns');
-const dnsPromises = dns.promises;
+const dnsPromises = require('dns/promises');
 
 common.expectWarning({
   'internal/test/binding': [
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ common.expectWarning({
   }
 });
 
-dnsPromises.lookup('127.0.0.1', { hints: '1024' });
+assert.throws(() => {
+  dnsPromises.lookup('127.0.0.1', { hints: '-1' });
+}, {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+  name: 'TypeError'
+});
 dnsPromises.lookup('127.0.0.1', { family: '6' });
 dnsPromises.lookup('127.0.0.1', { all: 'true' });
 dnsPromises.lookup('127.0.0.1', { verbatim: 'true' });