diff --git a/tests/test_empty_output/test_empty_output.py b/tests/test_empty_output/test_empty_output.py
index 9299868e..adacbde2 100644
--- a/tests/test_empty_output/test_empty_output.py
+++ b/tests/test_empty_output/test_empty_output.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 
 def test_empty_output():
-    output_verbose = subprocess.Popen(
-        [sys.executable, "-u", "test_script.py"],
+    output_verbose = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-u", verbose_file],
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         text=True,