diff --git a/duckdb_test.go b/duckdb_test.go
index fde020dc..d9303973 100644
--- a/duckdb_test.go
+++ b/duckdb_test.go
@@ -1104,12 +1104,12 @@ func TestQueryTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	db := openDB(t)
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Millisecond*250)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	now := time.Now()
 	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, "CREATE TABLE test AS SELECT * FROM range(10000000) t1, range(1000000) t2;")
-	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded))
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
 
 	// a very defensive time check, but should be good enough
 	// the query takes much longer than 10 seconds