diff --git a/test/client-pipelining.js b/test/client-pipelining.js
index e21a7c2f6e0..2bc48c2abbb 100644
--- a/test/client-pipelining.js
+++ b/test/client-pipelining.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test('20 times GET with pipelining 10', async (t) => {
 
   // needed to check for a warning on the maxListeners on the socket
   function onWarning (warning) {
-    if (!/ExperimentalWarning/.test(warning)) {
+    if (warning.name === 'MaxListenersExceededWarning') {
       t.fail()
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/client-write-max-listeners.js b/test/client-write-max-listeners.js
index abfe204db74..4eb4fa4d773 100644
--- a/test/client-write-max-listeners.js
+++ b/test/client-write-max-listeners.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test('socket close listener does not leak', async (t) => {
   }
 
   function onWarning (warning) {
-    if (!/ExperimentalWarning/.test(warning)) {
+    if (warning.name === 'MaxListenersExceededWarning') {
       t.fail()
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/promises.js b/test/promises.js
index 456a3a6b254..91aceea6d41 100644
--- a/test/promises.js
+++ b/test/promises.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ test('20 times GET with pipelining 10, async await support', async (t) => {
 
   // needed to check for a warning on the maxListeners on the socket
   function onWarning (warning) {
-    if (!/ExperimentalWarning/.test(warning)) {
+    if (warning.name === 'MaxListenersExceededWarning') {
       t.fail()
     }
   }