diff --git a/tests/test_wavsteg.py b/tests/test_wavsteg.py
index e6f4c89..4ac6316 100644
--- a/tests/test_wavsteg.py
+++ b/tests/test_wavsteg.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def write_random_wav(self, filename: str, num_channels: int, sample_width: int,
 
             data = np.random.randint(0, 2 ** (8 * sample_width), dtype=dtype, size=num_frames * num_channels)
             # note: typing does not recognize that "writeframes() accepts any bytes-like object" (see documentation)
-            file.writeframes(data)  # type: ignore
+            file.writeframes(data)  # type: ignore[unused-ignore]
 
     def write_random_file(self, filename: str, num_bytes: int) -> None:
         with open(filename, "wb") as file: