diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-stdin.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-stdin.js
index 95be2d4c8a12b2..c90716e2feaa89 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-stdin.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-stdin.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ cat.on('exit', common.mustCall(function(status) {
 
 cat.on('close', common.mustCall(function() {
   if (common.isWindows) {
-    assert.equal('hello world\r\n', response);
+    assert.strictEqual('hello world\r\n', response);
   } else {
-    assert.equal('hello world', response);
+    assert.strictEqual('hello world', response);
   }
 }));