diff --git a/test/modules/finance.spec.ts b/test/modules/finance.spec.ts
index 20d10da1156..54a9210897a 100644
--- a/test/modules/finance.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/finance.spec.ts
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ describe('finance', () => {
         });
 
         it('should set a specified length', () => {
-          let expected = faker.number.int(20);
-
-          expected ||= 4;
+          const expected = faker.number.int(20) || 4;
 
           const mask = faker.finance.mask(expected, false, false); // the length of mask picks 4 if the random number generator picks 0
 
@@ -237,9 +235,7 @@ describe('finance', () => {
         });
 
         it('should set a specified length', () => {
-          let expected = faker.number.int(20);
-
-          expected ||= 4;
+          const expected = faker.number.int(20) || 4;
 
           const mask = faker.finance.maskedNumber({
             length: expected,