diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparatorTest.java
index 3e07e1882..110cb7b73 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/sequence/SequencesComparatorTest.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class SequencesComparatorTest {
     private List<Character> sequence(final String string) {
         final List<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); ++i) {
-            list.add(new Character(string.charAt(i)));
+            list.add(Character.valueOf(string.charAt(i)));
         }
         return list;
     }