diff --git a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/assert_statement/src/main.nr b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/assert_statement/src/main.nr
index 74e93249741..3209f5b944b 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/assert_statement/src/main.nr
+++ b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/assert_statement/src/main.nr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Tests a very simple program.
 // 
 // The features being tested is assertion
-fn main(x : Field, y : Field)  {
+fn main(x : Field, y : pub Field)  {
     assert(x == y, "x and y are not equal");
     assert_eq(x, y, "x and y are not equal");
 }