diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-key-store.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-key-store.js
index fdc82cc9d57..58a23192b28 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-key-store.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-key-store.js
@@ -115,21 +115,22 @@ const data = Buffer.from('hello store');
 
 {
   // Encrypted PKCS#8 with passphrase via { key: url, passphrase }.
+  const passphrase = 'correct-passphrase';
   const { privateKey, publicKey } = generateKeyPairSync('ed25519');
   const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'enc.pem');
   fs.writeFileSync(file, privateKey.export({
-    format: 'pem', type: 'pkcs8', cipher: 'aes-256-cbc', passphrase: 'pw',
+    format: 'pem', type: 'pkcs8', cipher: 'aes-256-cbc', passphrase,
   }));
   const url = pathToFileURL(file);
 
-  const sig = sign(null, data, { key: url, passphrase: Buffer.from('pw') });
+  const sig = sign(null, data, { key: url, passphrase: Buffer.from(passphrase) });
   assert.strictEqual(verify(null, data, publicKey, sig), true);
 
   assert.throws(() => createPrivateKey(url), {
     code: 'ERR_MISSING_PASSPHRASE',
   });
 
-  assert.throws(() => createPrivateKey({ key: url, passphrase: 'bad' }),
+  assert.throws(() => createPrivateKey({ key: url, passphrase: 'wrong-passphrase' }),
                 common.expectsError({
                   name: 'Error',
                   code: /^ERR_OSSL_/,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-no-algorithm.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-no-algorithm.js
index 3a9473dfb16..90d19ff97fc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-no-algorithm.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-no-algorithm.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (isMainThread) {
   const derivations = [
     ['HKDF', () => crypto.hkdfSync('sha256', Buffer.alloc(32), Buffer.alloc(8),
                                    Buffer.alloc(0), 32)],
-    ['PBKDF2', () => crypto.pbkdf2Sync('secret', Buffer.alloc(16), 1000, 32,
+    ['PBKDF2', () => crypto.pbkdf2Sync('passphrase', Buffer.alloc(16), 1000, 32,
                                        'sha256')],
   ];
   for (const { 0: name, 1: derive } of derivations) {