diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
index 22eba0981f6fc2..3c0c07a967fe2b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
@@ -96,11 +96,14 @@ assert.throws(() => {
   message: 'The first argument must be one of type string or buffer'
 }));
 
-// addTrailers
+// addTrailers()
+// The `Error` comes from the JavaScript engine so confirm that it is a
+// `TypeError` but do not check the message. It will be different in different
+// JavaScript engines.
 assert.throws(() => {
   const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
   outgoingMessage.addTrailers();
-}, /^TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object$/);
+}, TypeError);
 
 assert.throws(() => {
   const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();