diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
index 4fe32f47bc80c..7e0f5f8686f58 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
@@ -1347,9 +1347,9 @@ mktempdir() do path
 end
 
 # Test tilde path completion
-let (c, r, res) = test_complete("\"~/julia")
+let (c, r, res) = test_complete("\"~/ka8w5rsz")
     if !Sys.iswindows()
-        @test res && c == String[homedir() * "/julia"]
+        @test res && c == String[homedir() * "/ka8w5rsz"]
     else
         @test !res
     end