diff --git a/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c b/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
index 58f4e031e..adf58f771 100644
--- a/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/info/manifestTest.c
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ testRun(void)
         TEST_TITLE("load validation errors");
 
         TEST_ERROR(
-            manifestNewLoad(ioBufferReadNew(BUFSTRDEF("[target:file]\npg_data/bogus={}"))), FormatError,
+            manifestNewLoad(ioBufferReadNew(BUFSTRDEF("[target:file]\npg_data/bogus={\"size\":0}"))), FormatError,
             "missing timestamp for file 'pg_data/bogus'");
         TEST_ERROR(
             manifestNewLoad(ioBufferReadNew(BUFSTRDEF("[target:file]\npg_data/bogus={\"timestamp\":0}"))), FormatError,