diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/couchbase/CouchbaseHealthIndicatorTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/couchbase/CouchbaseHealthIndicatorTests.java
index 3535cb6a79..9c3ee8a5ed 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/couchbase/CouchbaseHealthIndicatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/couchbase/CouchbaseHealthIndicatorTests.java
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ public class CouchbaseHealthIndicatorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void couchbaseIsDown() {
 		CouchbaseOperations couchbaseOperations = mock(CouchbaseOperations.class);
-		given(couchbaseOperations.getCouchbaseClusterInfo()).willThrow(new NullPointerException());
+		given(couchbaseOperations.getCouchbaseClusterInfo()).willThrow(
+				new IllegalStateException("test, expected"));
 		CouchbaseHealthIndicator healthIndicator = new CouchbaseHealthIndicator(
 				couchbaseOperations);
 		Health health = healthIndicator.health();
 		assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.DOWN);
-		assertThat((String) health.getDetails().get("error")).contains("null");
+		assertThat((String) health.getDetails().get("error")).contains("test, expected");
 		verify(couchbaseOperations).getCouchbaseClusterInfo();
 	}
+
 }