diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeCloseTo.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeCloseTo.zig
index 60fa1496d4..143b3dd636 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeCloseTo.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeCloseTo.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ pub fn toBeCloseTo(this: *Expect, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callFrame: *CallF
     const thisArguments = callFrame.arguments_old(2);
     const arguments = thisArguments.ptr[0..thisArguments.len];
 
+    incrementExpectCallCounter();
+
     if (arguments.len < 1) {
         return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("toBeCloseTo() requires at least 1 argument. Expected value must be a number", .{});
     }
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ const jsc = bun.jsc;
 const CallFrame = bun.jsc.CallFrame;
 const JSGlobalObject = bun.jsc.JSGlobalObject;
 const JSValue = bun.jsc.JSValue;
+const incrementExpectCallCounter = bun.jsc.Expect.incrementExpectCallCounter;
 
 const Expect = bun.jsc.Expect.Expect;
 const getSignature = Expect.getSignature;
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeValidDate.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeValidDate.zig
index 560e025f99..f1495377fe 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeValidDate.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toBeValidDate.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pub fn toBeValidDate(this: *Expect, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callFrame: *Cal
     const thisValue = callFrame.this();
     const value: JSValue = try this.getValue(globalThis, thisValue, "toBeValidDate", "");
 
-    bun.jsc.Expect.active_test_expectation_counter.actual += 1;
+    incrementExpectCallCounter();
 
     const not = this.flags.not;
     var pass = (value.isDate() and !std.math.isNan(value.getUnixTimestamp()));
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const jsc = bun.jsc;
 const CallFrame = bun.jsc.CallFrame;
 const JSGlobalObject = bun.jsc.JSGlobalObject;
 const JSValue = bun.jsc.JSValue;
+const incrementExpectCallCounter = bun.jsc.Expect.incrementExpectCallCounter;
 
 const Expect = bun.jsc.Expect.Expect;
 const getSignature = Expect.getSignature;
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toContainEqual.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toContainEqual.zig
index 4cf2f48758..2b1b6537b6 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toContainEqual.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toContainEqual.zig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub fn toContainEqual(
         return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("toContainEqual() takes 1 argument", .{});
     }
 
-    bun.jsc.Expect.active_test_expectation_counter.actual += 1;
+    incrementExpectCallCounter();
 
     const expected = arguments[0];
     expected.ensureStillAlive();
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const jsc = bun.jsc;
 const CallFrame = bun.jsc.CallFrame;
 const JSGlobalObject = bun.jsc.JSGlobalObject;
 const JSValue = bun.jsc.JSValue;
+const incrementExpectCallCounter = bun.jsc.Expect.incrementExpectCallCounter;
 
 const Expect = bun.jsc.Expect.Expect;
 const getSignature = Expect.getSignature;
diff --git a/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts b/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
index 8660778656..bc5c90fc01 100644
--- a/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
+++ b/test/internal/ban-words.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { file, Glob } from "bun";
+import { readdirSync } from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 
 // prettier-ignore
@@ -134,3 +135,19 @@ describe("banned words", () => {
     });
   }
 });
+
+describe("required words", () => {
+  const expectDir = "src/bun.js/test/expect";
+  const files = readdirSync(expectDir);
+  for (const file of files) {
+    if (!file.endsWith(".zig") || file.startsWith(".") || file === "toHaveReturnedTimes.zig") continue;
+    test(file, async () => {
+      const content = await Bun.file(path.join(expectDir, file)).text();
+      if (!content.includes("incrementExpectCallCounter")) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `${expectDir}/${file} is missing string "incrementExpectCallCounter"\nAll expect() functions must call incrementExpectCallCounter()`,
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});