diff --git a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
index 60fd6a73c0f..5f0ef4bf777 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
@@ -1998,6 +1998,7 @@ fn deps_with_bin_only() {
                   "id": "foo 0.1.0 ([..])",
                   "license": null,
                   "license_file": null,
+                  "description": null,
                   "source": null,
                   "dependencies": [
                     {