diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index fc41a8aadd..687dec9473 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests {
     }
 
     private void setContext(String context, ApplicationContext parent) {
-        appContext = new InMemoryXmlApplicationContext(context, "3.0", parent);
+        appContext = new InMemoryXmlApplicationContext(context, parent);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/util/InMemoryXmlApplicationContext.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/util/InMemoryXmlApplicationContext.java
index 83cdb6f29a..f5e50f03e5 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/util/InMemoryXmlApplicationContext.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/util/InMemoryXmlApplicationContext.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public class InMemoryXmlApplicationContext extends AbstractXmlApplicationContext
         this(xml, "3.0", null);
     }
 
+    public InMemoryXmlApplicationContext(String xml, ApplicationContext parent) {
+        this(xml, "3.0", parent);
+    }
 
     public InMemoryXmlApplicationContext(String xml, String secVersion, ApplicationContext parent) {
         String fullXml = BEANS_OPENING + secVersion + ".xsd'>\n" + xml + BEANS_CLOSE;