diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
index b9da84a98..e765825ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class NumericEntityUnescaper extends CharSequenceTranslator {
         if (options.length > 0) {
             this.options = EnumSet.copyOf(Arrays.asList(options));
         } else {
-            this.options = EnumSet.copyOf(Arrays.asList(OPTION.semiColonRequired));
+            this.options = EnumSet.copyOf(Collections.singletonList(OPTION.semiColonRequired));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java
index 373f40ca7..aab3a4e77 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ public class ObjectUtilsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testHashCodeMulti_multiple_likeList() {
-        final List<Object> list0 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList());
+        final List<Object> list0 = new ArrayList<>(Collections.emptyList());
         assertEquals(list0.hashCode(), ObjectUtils.hashCodeMulti());
 
-        final List<Object> list1 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("a"));
+        final List<Object> list1 = new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList("a"));
         assertEquals(list1.hashCode(), ObjectUtils.hashCodeMulti("a"));
 
         final List<Object> list2 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("a", "b"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtilsTest.java
index eeaaa8c41..d029c088a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtilsTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ public class TypeUtilsTest<B> {
         assertEquals(Integer.class, typeVarAssigns.get(treeSetTypeVar),
                 "Type argument of Comparable from int: " + typeArg);
 
-        final Collection<Integer> col = Arrays.asList();
+        final Collection<Integer> col = Collections.emptyList();
         typeVarAssigns = TypeUtils.getTypeArguments(List.class, Collection.class);
         treeSetTypeVar = Comparable.class.getTypeParameters()[0];
         assertFalse(typeVarAssigns.containsKey(treeSetTypeVar),