1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/statistics/src/test/java/com/yahoo/statistics/ValueTestCase.java b/statistics/src/test/java/com/yahoo/statistics/ValueTestCase.java
index 5650d8125b6..d5321c43bc6 100644
--- a/statistics/src/test/java/com/yahoo/statistics/ValueTestCase.java
+++ b/statistics/src/test/java/com/yahoo/statistics/ValueTestCase.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ValueTestCase {
         assertNull(p2.appendChar);
         assertNull(p.logSum);
         p2.merge(p);
-        assertEquals(new Character('_'), p2.appendChar);
+        assertEquals(Character.valueOf('_'), p2.appendChar);
         assertNull(p2.logMax);
         assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, p2.logSum);
     }