diff --git a/test/org/apache/catalina/core/TestStandardHostValve.java b/test/org/apache/catalina/core/TestStandardHostValve.java
index ae7d2e526a87..d2bcf8a3f8c3 100644
--- a/test/org/apache/catalina/core/TestStandardHostValve.java
+++ b/test/org/apache/catalina/core/TestStandardHostValve.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ private void doTestErrorPageHandling(int error, String exception, String report)
             // Default error status code expected
             Assert.assertEquals(500, rc);
         }
-        String[] responseLines = (bc.toString().split("\n"));
+        String[] responseLines = (bc.toString().split(System.lineSeparator()));
         // First line should be the path
         Assert.assertEquals(report, responseLines[0]);
         // Second line should not be the null message warning