diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval-event.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval-event.js
index b19bdd38680f79..df356e50d37b66 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval-event.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval-event.js
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ const child = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', `
 `]);
 
 child.once('exit', common.mustCall(function(exitCode, signalCode) {
-  assert.equal(exitCode, 0);
-  assert.equal(signalCode, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(exitCode, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(signalCode, null);
 }));