diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany-bad-ancount.js b/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany-bad-ancount.js
index 71fcbe03cd58f1..5cea388ad6a9f0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany-bad-ancount.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany-bad-ancount.js
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ server.bind(0, common.mustCall(async () => {
   dnsPromises.resolveAny('example.org')
     .then(common.mustNotCall())
     .catch(common.expectsError({
-      code: 'EBADRESP',
+      // May return EBADRESP or ETIMEOUT
+      code: /^(?:EBADRESP|ETIMEOUT)$/,
       syscall: 'queryAny',
       hostname: 'example.org'
     }));
 
   dns.resolveAny('example.org', common.mustCall((err) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'EBADRESP');
+    assert.notStrictEqual(err.code, 'SUCCESS');
     assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'queryAny');
     assert.strictEqual(err.hostname, 'example.org');
     const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(err, 'message');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany.js b/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany.js
index 0bbfe8f9f18432..f64dbfc93e2da8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dns-resolveany.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const answers = [
   { type: 'AAAA', address: '::42', ttl: 123 },
   { type: 'MX', priority: 42, exchange: 'foobar.com', ttl: 124 },
   { type: 'NS', value: 'foobar.org', ttl: 457 },
-  { type: 'TXT', entries: [ 'v=spf1 ~all', 'xyz\0foo' ] },
+  { type: 'TXT', entries: [ 'v=spf1 ~all xyz\0foo' ] },
   { type: 'PTR', value: 'baz.org', ttl: 987 },
   {
     type: 'SOA',