diff --git a/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl.cc b/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl.cc
index c0520754f8..69aaabd05a 100644
--- a/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl.cc
+++ b/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl.cc
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ bool GeneratorImpl::EmitReturn(const ast::ReturnStatement* stmt) {
 
 bool GeneratorImpl::EmitConstAssert(const ast::ConstAssert* stmt) {
     auto out = line();
-    out << "static_assert ";
+    out << "const_assert ";
     if (!EmitExpression(out, stmt->condition)) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl_const_assert_test.cc b/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl_const_assert_test.cc
index 9f76d65a29..b7853570c6 100644
--- a/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl_const_assert_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/writer/wgsl/generator_impl_const_assert_test.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ TEST_F(WgslGeneratorImplTest, Emit_GlobalConstAssert) {
     GeneratorImpl& gen = Build();
 
     ASSERT_TRUE(gen.Generate()) << gen.error();
-    EXPECT_EQ(gen.result(), R"(static_assert true;
+    EXPECT_EQ(gen.result(), R"(const_assert true;
 )");
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ TEST_F(WgslGeneratorImplTest, Emit_FunctionConstAssert) {
 
     ASSERT_TRUE(gen.Generate()) << gen.error();
     EXPECT_EQ(gen.result(), R"(fn f() {
-  static_assert true;
+  const_assert true;
 }
 )");
 }