diff --git a/tests/golden/check-git/check-git.bats b/tests/golden/check-git/check-git.bats
index 6a758fb4..25f8d5ea 100644
--- a/tests/golden/check-git/check-git.bats
+++ b/tests/golden/check-git/check-git.bats
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ load '../helpers'
 @test "Git: not a repo" {
   cd $TEST_TEMP_DIR
 
+  export LANG=en_US
   run xrefcheck
 
   assert_output --partial "fatal: not a git repository"