diff --git a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
index 00e1de9..664b0f8 100755
--- a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
+++ b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		cd test &&
 		git checkout b1 >/dev/null &&
 		# reports nothing to commit
-		test_must_fail git status
+		test_must_fail git commit --dry-run
 	) >actual &&
 	grep "have 1 and 1 different" actual
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