diff --git a/test/connection.test.js b/test/connection.test.js
index 36290280b47..111432160a6 100644
--- a/test/connection.test.js
+++ b/test/connection.test.js
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ describe('connections:', function() {
     it('should not throw an error when attempting to mutate unmutable options object gh-13335', async function() {
       const m = new mongoose.Mongoose();
       const opts = Object.preventExtensions({});
-      const conn = await m.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/db?retryWrites=true&w=majority&readPreference=secondaryPreferred', opts);
+      const conn = await m.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/db?retryWrites=true&w=majority&readPreference=primaryPreferred', opts);
       assert.ok(conn);
     });
   });