diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modedit_nonstrict.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modedit_nonstrict.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5edadca94cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modedit_nonstrict.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This test checks that cue mod edit works OK even when the
+# module file doesn't conform to the strict parsing.
+# TODO fix this to pass.
+! exec cue mod edit --source self
+cmpenv stderr want-stderr
+
+-- cue.mod/module.cue --
+module: "main.org"
+deps: "foo.com": v: "v1.2.3"
+language: version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0"
+-- want-stderr --
+invalid module.cue file $WORK${/}cue.mod${/}module.cue: no major version in "foo.com"
diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modtidy_initial.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modtidy_initial.txtar
index a351e5063f6..746fa7c4d9e 100644
--- a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modtidy_initial.txtar
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modtidy_initial.txtar
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cmp stdout cue-cache-dir.files
 # Unused dependencies should not have their entire source downloaded or extracted.
 ! stdout 'unused\.com.*\.zip$'
 -- want-module --
-module: "main.org@v0"
+module: "main.org"
 language: {
 	version: "v0.8.0"
 }
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ deps: {
     "example.com@v0": "v0.0.1"
 }
 -- cue.mod/module.cue --
-module: "main.org@v0"
+module: "main.org"
 language: version: "v0.8.0"
 
-deps: "example.com@v0": v: "v0.0.1"
+deps: "example.com": v: "v0.0.1"
 deps: "unused.com@v0": v: "v0.2.4"
 
 -- main.cue --