diff --git a/spec/how_is/contributions_spec.rb b/spec/how_is/contributions_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/how_is/contributions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/how_is/contributions_spec.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe HowIs::Contributions do
 
   context "#pretty_date" do
     it "formats the date correctly" do
-      date = Date.new(2017, 01, 02)
+      date = Date.new(2017, 1, 2)
       expect(contributions.send(:pretty_date, date)).to eq("Jan 02, 2017")
     end
   end
no unintentional octal literals