diff --git a/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs b/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
index 967f39f5..d6153dd4 100644
--- a/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
+++ b/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
@@ -3046,13 +3046,16 @@ fn test_query_lifetime_is_separate_from_nodes_lifetime() {
         let mut parser = Parser::new();
         parser.set_language(language).unwrap();
         let tree = parser.parse(&source, None).unwrap();
-        let query = Query::new(language, query).unwrap();
 
         fn take_first_node_from_captures<'tree>(
             source: &str,
-            query: &Query,
+            query: &str,
             node: Node<'tree>,
         ) -> Node<'tree> {
+            // Following 2 lines are redundant but needed to demonstrate
+            // more understandable compiler error message
+            let language = get_language("javascript");
+            let query = Query::new(language, query).unwrap();
             let mut cursor = QueryCursor::new();
             let node = cursor
                 .matches(&query, node, to_callback(source))
@@ -3063,14 +3066,16 @@ fn test_query_lifetime_is_separate_from_nodes_lifetime() {
             node
         }
 
-        let node = take_first_node_from_captures(source, &query, tree.root_node());
+        let node = take_first_node_from_captures(source, query, tree.root_node());
         assert_eq!(node.kind(), "call_expression");
 
         fn take_first_node_from_matches<'tree>(
             source: &str,
-            query: &Query,
+            query: &str,
             node: Node<'tree>,
         ) -> Node<'tree> {
+            let language = get_language("javascript");
+            let query = Query::new(language, query).unwrap();
             let mut cursor = QueryCursor::new();
             let node = cursor
                 .captures(&query, node, to_callback(source))
@@ -3082,7 +3087,7 @@ fn test_query_lifetime_is_separate_from_nodes_lifetime() {
             node
         }
 
-        let node = take_first_node_from_matches(source, &query, tree.root_node());
+        let node = take_first_node_from_matches(source, query, tree.root_node());
         assert_eq!(node.kind(), "call_expression");
     });
 }