diff --git a/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts b/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
index bb22938f54..f38cdd0e34 100644
--- a/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
+++ b/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const words: Record<string, { reason: string; limit?: number; regex?: boolean }>
   "globalObject.hasException": { reason: "Incompatible with strict exception checks. Use a CatchScope instead.", limit: 42 },
   "globalThis.hasException": { reason: "Incompatible with strict exception checks. Use a CatchScope instead.", limit: 128 },
   "EXCEPTION_ASSERT(!scope.exception())": { reason: "Use scope.assertNoException() instead" },
-  "TODO: properly propagate exception upwards": { reason: "Return bun.JSError or bun.JSExecutionTerminated", limit: 63 },
+  "TODO: properly propagate exception upwards": { reason: "Return bun.JSError or bun.JSExecutionTerminated", limit: 54 },
 };
 const words_keys = [...Object.keys(words)];