diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-error.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-error.js
index eaf9c1303966a5..a3f82fd2fa5ae1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-error.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-var assert = require('assert');
+const common = require('../common');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const assert = require('assert');
 
-var enoentPath = 'foo123';
-var spawnargs = ['bar'];
+const enoentPath = 'foo123';
+const spawnargs = ['bar'];
 assert.equal(common.fileExists(enoentPath), false);
 
-var enoentChild = spawn(enoentPath, spawnargs);
+const enoentChild = spawn(enoentPath, spawnargs);
 enoentChild.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
-  assert.equal(err.code, 'ENOENT');
-  assert.equal(err.errno, 'ENOENT');
-  assert.equal(err.syscall, 'spawn ' + enoentPath);
-  assert.equal(err.path, enoentPath);
+  assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOENT');
+  assert.strictEqual(err.errno, 'ENOENT');
+  assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'spawn ' + enoentPath);
+  assert.strictEqual(err.path, enoentPath);
   assert.deepStrictEqual(err.spawnargs, spawnargs);
 }));