diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/attributes.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/attributes.md
index 172c445888a..aaf268a1752 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/attributes.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/attributes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# with_vertex_
+
+    Code
+      make_(from_literal(A - A:B:C, B - A:B:C), with_vertex_(color = 1:2))
+    Condition
+      Error in `i_set_vertex_attr()`:
+      ! Length of new attribute value must be 1 or 3, the number of target vertices, not 2.
+
+# with_edge_
+
+    Code
+      make_(from_literal(A - A:B:C, B - A:B:C), with_edge_(color = 1:2))
+    Condition
+      Error in `i_set_edge_attr()`:
+      ! Length of new attribute value must be 1 or 3, the number of target edges, not 2.
+
 # error messages work
 
     Code
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-attributes.R b/tests/testthat/test-attributes.R
index bf54e2ae311..3d614cc2455 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-attributes.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-attributes.R
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ test_that("with_vertex_", {
   expect_identical_graphs(g1, g2)
   expect_equal(V(g2)$color, rep("red", gorder(g2)))
   expect_equal(V(g2)$foo, paste0("xx", 1:3))
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    make_(from_literal(A - A:B:C, B - A:B:C), with_vertex_(color = 1:2)),
+    error = TRUE
+  )
 })
 
 
@@ -398,6 +403,11 @@ test_that("with_edge_", {
   expect_identical_graphs(g1, g2)
   expect_equal(E(g1)$color, E(g2)$color)
   expect_equal(E(g1)$foo, E(g2)$foo)
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    make_(from_literal(A - A:B:C, B - A:B:C), with_edge_(color = 1:2)),
+    error = TRUE
+  )
 })