diff --git a/src/plugins/sdk-alias.test.ts b/src/plugins/sdk-alias.test.ts
index 910f5111f2b..7e38c60e93a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sdk-alias.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/sdk-alias.test.ts
@@ -1269,7 +1269,14 @@ export const syntheticRuntimeMarker = {
       ...buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({}),
       tryNative: false,
     });
-    expect(() => withoutAlias(copiedChannelRuntime)).toThrow();
+    let loadError: unknown;
+    try {
+      withoutAlias(copiedChannelRuntime);
+    } catch (error) {
+      loadError = error;
+    }
+    expect(loadError).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect((loadError as Error).message).toContain("outbound-send-deps");
 
     const withAlias = createJiti(sourceLoaderBaseUrl, {
       ...buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({