1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-tostring-rangeerror.js b/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-tostring-rangeerror.js
index dbc69747e..9ec11056c 100644
--- a/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-tostring-rangeerror.js
+++ b/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-tostring-rangeerror.js
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@
 'use strict';
 require('../common');
 
-// This test ensures that Node.js throws a RangeError when trying to convert a
-// gigantic buffer into a string.
+// This test ensures that Node.js throws an Error when trying to convert a
+// large buffer into a string.
 // Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/649.
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer;
+const {
+  SlowBuffer,
+  constants: {
+    MAX_STRING_LENGTH,
+  },
+} = require('buffer');
 
-const len = 1422561062959;
+const len = MAX_STRING_LENGTH + 1;
 const message = {
-  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
-  name: 'RangeError',
-  message: /^The argument 'size' is invalid\. Received [^"]*$/
+  code: 'ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG',
+  name: 'Error',
 };
 assert.throws(() => Buffer(len).toString('utf8'), message);
 assert.throws(() => SlowBuffer(len).toString('utf8'), message);