diff --git a/test/reline/helper.rb b/test/reline/helper.rb
index 3f6efdb185..cd3783ddb8 100644
--- a/test/reline/helper.rb
+++ b/test/reline/helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)
 
-ENV['TERM'] = 'xterm-256color' # for some CI environments
+ENV['TERM'] = 'xterm' # for some CI environments
 
 require 'reline'
 require 'test/unit'