diff --git a/tests/pexpects/fkr.py b/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
index 2bafc095f..1c5ebe513 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/fkr.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ sendline("exec $fish_key_reader -c")
 expect_str("Press a key:")
 
 # Is a single control char echoed correctly?
-send("\x01")
-expect_str("char: \\cA\r\nbind \\cA 'do something'\r\n")
+send("\x07")
+expect_str("char: \\cG  (or \\a)\r\nbind \\a 'do something'\r\n")
 
 # Is a non-ASCII UTF-8 sequence prefaced by an escape char handled correctly?
 sleep(0.020)