diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-handshake-error.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-handshake-error.js
index 2aef1adcc38c1f..500e7a0cc6016c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-handshake-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-handshake-error.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const server = tls.createServer({
   assert.throws(() => {
     tls.connect({
       port: this.address().port,
-      ciphers: 'RC4'
+      ciphers: 'no-such-cipher'
     }, common.mustNotCall());
   }, /no cipher match/i);