diff --git a/test/unit/packwerk/references_from_file_test.rb b/test/unit/packwerk/references_from_file_test.rb
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+# typed: true
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "test_helper"
+
+module Packwerk
+  class ReferencesFromFileTest < Minitest::Test
+
+    setup do
+      config = Configuration.new
+      config.stubs(:load_paths).returns({})
+      @run_context = RunContext.from_configuration(config)
+      RunContext.stubs(:from_configuration).with(config).returns(@run_context)
+      @referencer = ReferencesFromFile.new(config)
+    end
+
+    test "raises on parser error" do
+      offense = Offense.new(file: "something.rb", message: "yo")
+      @run_context.stubs(:references_from_file).returns(
+        RunContext::FileReferencesResult.new(file_offenses: [offense], references: [])
+      )
+
+      assert_raises ReferencesFromFile::FileParserError do
+        @referencer.list("lib/something.rb")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# @referencer.stubs(files).returns(["lib/something.rb"])