diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-listen-path.js b/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-listen-path.js
index 41d22c3fb9a4b5..50ed80a5e3cd1e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-listen-path.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-better-error-messages-listen-path.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var net = require('net');
-var fp = '/blah/fadfa';
-var server = net.createServer(common.fail);
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const net = require('net');
+const fp = '/blah/fadfa';
+const server = net.createServer(common.fail);
 server.listen(fp, common.fail);
 server.on('error', common.mustCall(function(e) {
-  assert.equal(e.address, fp);
+  assert.strictEqual(e.address, fp);
 }));