diff --git a/test/changelog-section.test.js b/test/changelog-section.test.js
index e28da16..3d67ca4 100644
--- a/test/changelog-section.test.js
+++ b/test/changelog-section.test.js
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ test('extracts the complete real 1.4.0 changelog section', () => {
 });
 
 test('missing version fails with a reason and no stdout', () => {
-  const result = extract('1.5.0');
+  const result = extract('0.0.0');
 
   assert.equal(result.status, 1);
   assert.equal(result.stdout, '');
-  assert.match(result.stderr, /no section for '1\.5\.0'/);
+  assert.match(result.stderr, /no section for '0\.0\.0'/);
 });
 
 test('heading without a list entry is rejected as empty', () => {