diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
index f3de3d6571d4d7..54c23dd5629545 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_passes_signal(self, mock_kill):
             future = executor.submit(time.sleep, 0)
             future.result()
 
-            executor.terminate_workers(signal.SIGKILL)
+            executor.terminate_workers(signal.SIGABRT)
 
             worker_process = list(executor._processes.values())[0]
-            mock_kill.assert_called_once_with(worker_process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+            mock_kill.assert_called_once_with(worker_process.pid, signal.SIGABRT)
 
     def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_passes_even_bad_signals(self):
         with futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor: