diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
index 3248113d69..b579ea813d 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests {
 	// --- buildRequest
 
 	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public void buildRequestBasicAuth() {
 		String base64Credentials = "dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=";
 		String authzHeaderValue = "Basic: " + base64Credentials;