diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index 71bfc811..ac65dccd 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ test("removeAttr(String", function() {
test("text(String)", function() {
expect(4);
- equals( jQuery("#foo").text("
Hello cruel world!
")[0].innerHTML, "<div><b>Hello</b> cruel world!</div>", "Check escaped text" );
+ equals( jQuery("#foo").text("Hello cruel world!
")[0].innerHTML.replace(/>/g, ">"), "<div><b>Hello</b> cruel world!</div>", "Check escaped text" );
// using contents will get comments regular, text, and comment nodes
var j = jQuery("#nonnodes").contents();