diff --git a/tests/FunctionalDatabaseTest.php b/tests/FunctionalDatabaseTest.php
index 8eedc2d..5c8b89c 100644
--- a/tests/FunctionalDatabaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/FunctionalDatabaseTest.php
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public function provideDataWillBeReturnedWithType()
             ['hello', 'TEXT'],
             ['hellö', 'TEXT'],
             ["hello\tworld\r\n", 'TEXT'],
-            [utf8_decode('hello wörld!'), 'BLOB'],
+            ["hello w\xF6rld!", 'BLOB'],
             ["hello\x7fö", 'BLOB'],
             ["\x03\x02\x001", 'BLOB'],
             ["a\000b", 'BLOB']
diff --git a/tests/Io/BlockingDatabaseTest.php b/tests/Io/BlockingDatabaseTest.php
index 66d8020..5c80d7c 100644
--- a/tests/Io/BlockingDatabaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/Io/BlockingDatabaseTest.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public function provideDataWillBeReturnedWithType()
             ['hello', 'TEXT'],
             ['hellö', 'TEXT'],
             ["hello\tworld\r\n", 'TEXT'],
-            [utf8_decode('hello wörld!'), 'BLOB'],
+            ["hello w\xF6rld!", 'BLOB'],
             ["hello\x7fö", 'BLOB'],
             ["\x03\x02\x001", 'BLOB'],
             ["a\000b", 'BLOB']