diff --git a/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/TestDenyOnTable.java b/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/TestDenyOnTable.java
index aea5fb4bec82..8dfc8a55408b 100644
--- a/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/TestDenyOnTable.java
+++ b/testing/trino-tests/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/TestDenyOnTable.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public void testDenyOnNonExistingSchema(String privilege)
     @Test(dataProvider = "privileges")
     public void testDenyOnNonExistingTable(String privilege)
     {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> queryRunner.execute(admin, format("GRANT %s ON TABLE default.missing_table TO %s", privilege, randomUsername())))
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> queryRunner.execute(admin, format("DENY %s ON TABLE default.missing_table TO %s", privilege, randomUsername())))
                 .hasMessageContaining("Table 'local.default.missing_table' does not exist");
     }