diff --git a/test/46.encryption.js b/test/46.encryption.js
index 0da8cede..21b80f14 100644
--- a/test/46.encryption.js
+++ b/test/46.encryption.js
@@ -17,16 +17,11 @@ describe('Encryption using default method (Sqleet)', () => {
         this.db = new Database(util.current());
         expect(() => this.db.prepare('SELECT * FROM user')).to.throw(Database.SqliteError);
     });
-    /*
-        Temporarily commenting out this test since having `SQLITE_DEBUG` enabled
-        throws an assertion failure exception if an incorrect passphrase is used.
-        It cannot be caught in JS which leads to the whole test process being broken.
-     */
-    // it('should not allow access with an incorrect passphrase', () => {
-    //     this.db = new Database(util.current());
-    //     this.db.pragma(`key='false_passphrase'`);
-    //     expect(() => this.db.prepare('SELECT * FROM user')).to.throw(Database.SqliteError);
-    // });
+    it('should not allow access with an incorrect passphrase', () => {
+        this.db = new Database(util.current());
+        this.db.pragma(`key='false_passphrase'`);
+        expect(() => this.db.prepare('SELECT * FROM user')).to.throw(Database.SqliteError);
+    });
     it('should allow access with the correct passphrase', () => {
         this.db = new Database(util.current());
         this.db.pragma(`key='passphrase'`);