diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
index 23590d58a587d9..0fdc07b939e87e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ assert.match(process.versions.brotli, commonTemplate);
 assert.match(process.versions.llhttp, commonTemplate);
 assert.match(process.versions.node, commonTemplate);
 assert.match(process.versions.uv, commonTemplate);
-assert.match(process.versions.zlib, commonTemplate);
+assert.match(process.versions.zlib, /^\d+(?:\.\d+){2,3}(?:-.*)?$/);
 
 if (hasUndici) {
   assert.match(process.versions.undici, commonTemplate);