diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
index 64e864166e..f87ce12c77 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
@@ -3870,7 +3870,8 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(Process_functionDebugProcess, (JSC::JSGlobalObject * gl
 
     HANDLE hMapping = OpenFileMappingW(FILE_MAP_READ, FALSE, mappingName);
     if (!hMapping) {
-        throwVMError(globalObject, scope, makeString("Failed to open debug handler for process "_s, pid, ": process may not have inspector support enabled"_s));
+        // Match Node.js error message for compatibility
+        throwVMError(globalObject, scope, "The system cannot find the file specified."_s);
         return {};
     }
 
diff --git a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
index e9edbd2955..0d10a15e2e 100644
--- a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
+++ b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ cp.on('exit', common.mustCall(function() {
   try {
     process._debugProcess(cp.pid);
   } catch (error) {
-    // Bun uses a file mapping mechanism for _debugProcess, so the error message differs from Node.js
-    assert.match(error.message, /Failed to open debug handler for process \d+/);
+    assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'The system cannot find the file specified.');
   }
 }));