diff --git a/tests/test_cliutil.py b/tests/test_cliutil.py
index 5a558d88fb0745fe0815e64ca0df50252c63931e..67b6bea036b9e46824e3bb364205550ba12680a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_cliutil.py
+++ b/tests/test_cliutil.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def test_excepthook_oserror(errnum, caplog):
     error = OSError(errnum, os.strerror(errnum), 'TestFilename')
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_check:
         cliutil.ExceptHook()(type(error), error, None)
-    assert exc_check.value.args[0] == 4
+    assert exc_check.value.args[0] == os.EX_IOERR
     assert caplog.records
     for log in caplog.records:
         assert log.levelname == 'CRITICAL'
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def test_excepthook_bug(exc_type, caplog):
     error = exc_type("test message")
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_check:
         cliutil.ExceptHook()(exc_type, error, None)
-    assert exc_check.value.args[0] == 3
+    assert exc_check.value.args[0] == os.EX_SOFTWARE
     assert caplog.records
     for log in caplog.records:
         assert log.levelname == 'CRITICAL'