diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-logLik.R b/tests/testthat/test-logLik.R
index 8d13cc9a3..bb90de082 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-logLik.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-logLik.R
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ test_that("logLik", {
   skip_if_not_installed("plm")
   skip_if_not_installed("withr")
   
-  expr <- getOption("expressions")
-  options(expressions = 25)
+  withr::local_options(list(expressions = 25))
   set.seed(1)
   nnn <- 100
   ddta <- data.frame(