diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
index 3e8661f9b..a6488a3d2 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
@@ -475,7 +475,9 @@ class UIAuthTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         session_id = channel.json_body["session"]
 
         # do the OIDC auth, but auth as the wrong user
-        channel = self.helper.auth_via_oidc("wrong_user", ui_auth_session_id=session_id)
+        channel = self.helper.auth_via_oidc(
+            {"sub": "wrong_user"}, ui_auth_session_id=session_id
+        )
 
         # that should return a failure message
         self.assertSubstring("We were unable to validate", channel.text_body)