diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
index 38833897b..da7f5cdf2 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReaderTests.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testAfterPropertesSetException() throws Exception {
+	public void testAfterPropertiesSetException() throws Exception {
 
 		source = createNewInputSource();
 		source.setFragmentRootElementName("");