diff --git a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
index b7c9998dca09..8f266c7e357f 100644
--- a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
+++ b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async function validateReadFileProc() {
   if (!common.isLinux)
     return;
 
-  const fileHandle = await open('/proc/sys/kernel/hostname', 'r');
+  await using fileHandle = await open('/proc/sys/kernel/hostname', 'r');
   const hostname = await fileHandle.readFile();
   assert.ok(hostname.length > 0);
 }