diff --git a/property_tests/arbitraries/js_function_name_arb.ts b/property_tests/arbitraries/js_function_name_arb.ts
index 0ec2afccfe..9d04ad2b97 100644
--- a/property_tests/arbitraries/js_function_name_arb.ts
+++ b/property_tests/arbitraries/js_function_name_arb.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const azleKeywords = [
     'Vec'
 ];
 
-const jsKeywords = ['eval', 'var', 'new'];
+const jsKeywords = ['eval', 'var', 'new', 'try'];
 
 export const JsFunctionNameArb = fc
     .stringMatching(/^(_[a-zA-Z0-9]+|[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$/)