diff --git a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/compat.test.ts b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/compat.test.ts
index d56b4abdd..3da504f86 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/compat.test.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/compat.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test('readonly-db', () => {
 
 test('file-must-exist', () => {
     const path = `test-${(Math.random() * 10000) | 0}.db`;
-    expect(() => new Database(path, { fileMustExist: true })).toThrowError(/failed to open file/);
+    expect(() => new Database(path, { fileMustExist: true })).toThrowError(/failed to open database/);
 })
 
 test('on-disk db', () => {
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
index 9defc1d7c..af22eb632 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('readonly-db', async () => {
 
 test('file-must-exist', async () => {
     const path = `test-${(Math.random() * 10000) | 0}.db`;
-    await expect(async () => await connect(path, { fileMustExist: true })).rejects.toThrowError(/failed to open file/);
+    await expect(async () => await connect(path, { fileMustExist: true })).rejects.toThrowError(/failed to open database/);
 })
 
 test('implicit connect', async () => {