diff --git a/test/TEST-02-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh b/test/TEST-02-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
index 1280148b58..545602e17a 100755
--- a/test/TEST-02-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-02-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test_setup() {
     echo -n test >$TESTDIR/keyfile
     cryptsetup -q luksFormat ${LOOPDEV}p2 $TESTDIR/keyfile
     cryptsetup luksOpen ${LOOPDEV}p2 varcrypt <$TESTDIR/keyfile
-    mkfs.ext3 -L var /dev/mapper/varcrypt
+    mkfs.ext4 -L var /dev/mapper/varcrypt
     mkdir -p $TESTDIR/root
     mount ${LOOPDEV}p1 $TESTDIR/root
     mkdir -p $TESTDIR/root/var
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EOF
         cat $initdir/etc/crypttab | ddebug
 
         cat >>$initdir/etc/fstab <<EOF
-/dev/mapper/varcrypt    /var    ext3    defaults 0 1
+/dev/mapper/varcrypt    /var    ext4    defaults 0 1
 EOF
     ) || return 1
 
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 745c0a9abe..65bdd44f09 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ KERNEL_MODS="/lib/modules/$KERNEL_VER/"
 QEMU_TIMEOUT="${QEMU_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
 NSPAWN_TIMEOUT="${NSPAWN_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
 TIMED_OUT=  # will be 1 after run_* if *_TIMEOUT is set and test timed out
-[[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_SUSE" ]] && FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-btrfs}" || FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-ext3}"
+[[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_SUSE" ]] && FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-btrfs}" || FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-ext4}"
 UNIFIED_CGROUP_HIERARCHY="${UNIFIED_CGROUP_HIERARCHY:-default}"
 
 if ! ROOTLIBDIR=$(pkg-config --variable=systemdutildir systemd); then