diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TranspilationRunnerTest.scala b/src/test/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TranspilationRunnerTest.scala
index 9be0bf2a..73af6c00 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TranspilationRunnerTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TranspilationRunnerTest.scala
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ class TranspilationRunnerTest extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
             jsFilesAfterTranspilation.map(f =>
               File(f._1).contentAsString
                 .split("\n")
-                .head // we ignore the sourcemap reference comment here
+                .filterNot(_.trim == "\"use strict\";") // latest Babel uses strict checking
+                .head                                   // we ignore the sourcemap reference comment here
                 .mkString
                 .stripLineEnd
             )