diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
index f164054748f..97713cd0431 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def test_invalid_requests(self):
         response = self.request('/', method='FOO')
         self.check_status_and_reason(response, 501)
         # requests must be case sensitive,so this should fail too
-        response = self.request('/', method='get')
+        response = self.request('/', method='custom')
         self.check_status_and_reason(response, 501)
         response = self.request('/', method='GETs')
         self.check_status_and_reason(response, 501)