diff --git a/activesupport/test/tagged_logging_test.rb b/activesupport/test/tagged_logging_test.rb
index dbf8a71e9a..7ecab33a9a 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/tagged_logging_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/tagged_logging_test.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class TaggedLoggingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   test "silence" do
-    assert_nothing_raised { @logger.silence {} }
+    assert_deprecated do
+      assert_nothing_raised { @logger.silence {} }
+    end
   end
 end