diff --git a/test/parallel/test-policy-crypto-default-encoding.js b/test/parallel/test-policy-crypto-default-encoding.js
index 450a870541ac85..98bfd3deec2d41 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-policy-crypto-default-encoding.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-policy-crypto-default-encoding.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for (const encoding of encodings) {
     ],
     {
       env: {
-        ...env,
+        ...process.env,
         DEFAULT_ENCODING: encoding
       }
     }