diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/chop.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/chop.md
index c6308056..a6d581da 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/chop.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/chop.md
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@
       Error in `chop()`:
       ! `cols` is absent but must be supplied.
 
-# incompatible ptype mentions the column
+# incompatible ptype mentions the column (#1477)
 
     Code
-      (expect_error(unnest(df, data, ptype = list(data = integer()))))
-    Output
-      <error/vctrs_error_cast>
+      unnest(df, data, ptype = list(data = integer()))
+    Condition
       Error in `unnest()`:
       ! Can't convert `data[[2]]` <character> to <integer>.
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-chop.R b/tests/testthat/test-chop.R
index 967cf907..6490dca6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-chop.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-chop.R
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ test_that("`ptype = list()` uses list ptype", {
   )
 })
 
-test_that("incompatible ptype mentions the column", {
+test_that("incompatible ptype mentions the column (#1477)", {
   df <- tibble(data = list(1, "2"))
 
-  expect_snapshot(
-    (expect_error(unnest(df, data, ptype = list(data = integer()))))
-  )
+  expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, {
+    unnest(df, data, ptype = list(data = integer()))
+  })
 })
 
 test_that("unchopping a bare empty list results in unspecified()", {