diff --git a/command/issue_test.go b/command/issue_test.go
index c88e71247..734703b35 100644
--- a/command/issue_test.go
+++ b/command/issue_test.go
@@ -170,13 +170,18 @@ func TestIssueList_tty_withFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, "probablyCher", params["assignee"].(string))
 			assert.Equal(t, "foo", params["author"].(string))
 			assert.Equal(t, "me", params["mention"].(string))
+			assert.Equal(t, "12345", params["milestone"].(string)) // Database ID for the Milestone (see #1441)
 			assert.Equal(t, []interface{}{"web", "bug"}, params["labels"].([]interface{}))
 			assert.Equal(t, []interface{}{"OPEN"}, params["states"].([]interface{}))
 		}))
 	http.Register(
-		httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/OWNER/REPO/milestones"),
-		httpmock.StringResponse("[]"),
-	)
+		httpmock.GraphQL(`query RepositoryMilestoneList\b`),
+		httpmock.StringResponse(`
+		{ "data": { "repository": { "milestones": {
+			"nodes": [{ "title":"1.x", "id": "MDk6TWlsZXN0b25lMTIzNDU=" }],
+			"pageInfo": { "hasNextPage": false }
+		} } } }
+		`))
 
 	output, err := RunCommand("issue list -a probablyCher -l web,bug -s open -A foo --mention me --milestone 1.x")
 	if err != nil {