diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index 9a5f7b0abf791e..c1ed4cadcaf2d8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ ok(EventTarget);
   clearInterval(interval);
 })().then(common.mustCall());
 {
-  let target = new EventTarget();
+  const target = new EventTarget();
   const event = new Event('foo');
   let callCount = 0;
   target.addEventListener('foo', common.mustCall(() => {