diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-parsing.R b/tests/testthat/test-parsing.R
index f0a7bfcc4..4c6503494 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-parsing.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-parsing.R
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ test_that("CRLF EOLs fail with informative error", {
 
 
 test_that("mixed CRLF / LF EOLs fail", {
+  skip(getRversion() < "4.4")
   expect_error(
     style_text("a + 3 -4 -> x\nx + 2\r\n glück + 1"),
-    "unexpected input"
+    "unexpected invalid token"
   )
 })