diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/AbstractFlashMapManagerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/AbstractFlashMapManagerTests.java
index c5a259fb22..5c1bc7a898 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/AbstractFlashMapManagerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/AbstractFlashMapManagerTests.java
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ public class AbstractFlashMapManagerTests {
 		flashMap.addTargetRequestParam("key", "%D0%92%D0%92");
 		this.flashMapManager.saveOutputFlashMap(flashMap, this.request, this.response);
 
-		assertEquals(Arrays.asList("АА", "ББ", "ВВ"), flashMap.getTargetRequestParams().get("key"));
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList("\u0410\u0410", "\u0411\u0411", "\u0412\u0412"),
+				flashMap.getTargetRequestParams().get("key"));
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/SelectTagTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/SelectTagTests.java
index 06bac2f852..0df2dc253a 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/SelectTagTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/SelectTagTests.java
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ public class SelectTagTests extends AbstractFormTagTests {
 		// Save original default locale.
 		final Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
 		// Use a locale that doesn't result in the generation of HTML entities
-		// (e.g., not German, where ä becomes ä)
+		// (e.g., not German, where \u00e4 becomes ä)
 		Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);
 
 		try {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/BaseViewTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/BaseViewTests.java
index 0f3c63a5e5..83b2dee538 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/BaseViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/BaseViewTests.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class BaseViewTests extends TestCase {
 	
 	public void testAttributeCSVParsingValidWithWeirdCharacters() {
 		AbstractView v = new ConcreteView();
-		String fooval = "owfie   fue&3[][[[2 \n\n \r  \t 8�3";
+		String fooval = "owfie   fue&3[][[[2 \n\n \r  \t 8\ufffd3";
 		// Also tests empty value
 		String kingval = "";
 		v.setAttributesCSV("foo=(" + fooval + "),king={" + kingval + "},f1=[we]");