diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/test/fixtures/regression/4403/expected.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/test/fixtures/regression/4403/expected.js
index dbf2e9bdb1..32e1b04280 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/test/fixtures/regression/4403/expected.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/test/fixtures/regression/4403/expected.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 var a, b;
-var _ref = `${ b++ }`;
+var _ref = `${b++}`;
 a[_ref] = Math.pow(a[_ref], 1)