diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
index e1f3ecef57..9191b3f79d 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -747,18 +747,19 @@ class StringUtilsTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void split() {
-		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world", ",")).isEqualTo(new String[]{"Hello", " world"});
-		assertThat(StringUtils.split(",Hello world", ",")).isEqualTo(new String[]{"", "Hello world"});
-		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello world,", ",")).isEqualTo(new String[]{"Hello world", ""});
-		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world,", ",")).isEqualTo(new String[]{"Hello", " world,"});
+		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world", ",")).containsExactly("Hello", " world");
+		assertThat(StringUtils.split(",Hello world", ",")).containsExactly("", "Hello world");
+		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello world,", ",")).containsExactly("Hello world", "");
+		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world,", ",")).containsExactly("Hello", " world,");
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void splitWithEmptyString() {
+	void splitWithEmptyStringOrNull() {
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world", "")).isNull();
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split("", ",")).isNull();
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split(null, ",")).isNull();
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split("Hello, world", null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split(null, null)).isNull();
 	}
+
 }