diff --git a/src/test/resources/test_files/runtime/Updating/SimpleTransformErr5.jq b/src/test/resources/test_files/runtime/Updating/SimpleTransformErr5.jq
index d8bd8e349..75e9de0dd 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/test_files/runtime/Updating/SimpleTransformErr5.jq
+++ b/src/test/resources/test_files/runtime/Updating/SimpleTransformErr5.jq
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(:JIQS: ShouldNotCompile; ErrorCode="XPST0008"; ErrorMetadata="LINE:2:COLUMN:34:" :)
+(:JIQS: ShouldNotCompile; ErrorCode="XPST0008"; ErrorMetadata="LINE:2:COLUMN:29:" :)
 copy $je := [1 to 4], $ej := $je
 modify ()
 return $ej