diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_noun_chunks.py b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_noun_chunks.py
index 4426d50c2..1b151393a 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_noun_chunks.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_noun_chunks.py
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ def test_en_noun_chunks_not_nested(en_vocab):
                 [0, root],
                 [4, amod],
                 [3, nmod],
-                [numpy.array(-1).astype(numpy.uint64), cc],
-                [numpy.array(-2).astype(numpy.uint64), conj],
-                [numpy.array(-5).astype(numpy.uint64), dobj],
+                [numpy.int32(-1).astype(numpy.uint64), cc],
+                [numpy.int32(-2).astype(numpy.uint64), conj],
+                [numpy.int32(-5).astype(numpy.uint64), dobj],
             ],
             dtype="uint64",
         ),