diff --git a/tests/language/nnbd/inference/late_variable_type_for_promotion_test.dart b/tests/language/nnbd/inference/late_variable_type_for_promotion_test.dart
index d6223d5..fd4ebed 100644
--- a/tests/language/nnbd/inference/late_variable_type_for_promotion_test.dart
+++ b/tests/language/nnbd/inference/late_variable_type_for_promotion_test.dart
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 }
 
 void uninitializedUntyped() {
-  late x;
+  late var x;
   x = 0;
   x.expectStaticType<Exactly<dynamic>>();
   // Attempting to promote to `int?` should be ok, since `int?` is a subtype of