diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupportTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupportTest.java
index 09080fed4..667703516 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupportTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.easymock.EasyMock;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -136,8 +137,7 @@ public class EventListenerSupportTest {
     @Test
     public void testSerialization() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, PropertyVetoException {
         final EventListenerSupport<VetoableChangeListener> listenerSupport = EventListenerSupport.create(VetoableChangeListener.class);
-        listenerSupport.addListener(e -> {
-        });
+        listenerSupport.addListener(Function.identity()::apply);
         listenerSupport.addListener(EasyMock.createNiceMock(VetoableChangeListener.class));
 
         //serialize: