diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientAuthenticationTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientAuthenticationTest.java
index aa28aea3e516..ae1763b516d7 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientAuthenticationTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientAuthenticationTest.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public void testBasicWithUTF8Password(Scenario scenario) throws Exception
     {
         startBasic(scenario, new EmptyServerHandler(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         URI uri = URI.create(scenario.getScheme() + "://localhost:" + connector.getLocalPort());
-        testAuthentication(scenario, new BasicAuthentication(uri, realm, "basic_utf8", "\u20AC"));
+        testAuthentication(scenario, new BasicAuthentication(uri, realm, "basic_utf8", "€"));
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest