diff --git a/Sanity/upstream-scripttests/runtest.sh b/Sanity/upstream-scripttests/runtest.sh
index 4c315b6..da3a3d6 100755
--- a/Sanity/upstream-scripttests/runtest.sh
+++ b/Sanity/upstream-scripttests/runtest.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PACKAGE="vim-enhanced" # tested package
 TESTER="vimtester"     # USERname which we use for testing
 TEST=scripttests       # main target for `make`
 SET_XVFB="NO"          # Do we want to setup `Xvfb` before testing?
-TERM_type="xterm"      # terminfo type set before running tests
+TERM_type="xterm-256color"      # terminfo type set before running tests
 set -o pipefail        # because test output is piped to `tee`
 
 if rlIsRHEL 8