diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/email-validators.test.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/email-validators.test.js
index 8725391764..6cb962e268 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/email-validators.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/email-validators.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('Email validator', () => {
       const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
         validators.email(
           {
-            attr: { type: 'string' },
+            attr: { type: 'email' },
           },
           { isDraft: false }
         )
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Email validator', () => {
       const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
         validators.email(
           {
-            attr: { type: 'string' },
+            attr: { type: 'email' },
           },
           { isDraft: false }
         )
@@ -40,18 +40,14 @@ describe('Email validator', () => {
 
     test('it validates non-empty email required field', async () => {
       const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
-        validators.email(
-          {
-            attr: { type: 'string', required: true, regex: '^\\w+$' },
-          },
-          { isDraft: false }
-        )
+        validators.email({ attr: { type: 'email' } }, { isDraft: false })
       );
 
       try {
         await validator('');
       } catch (err) {
         expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(YupValidationError);
+        expect(err.message).toBe('this cannot be empty');
       }
     });
   });