diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringtooffsetdatetime/StringToOffsetDateTimeUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringtooffsetdatetime/StringToOffsetDateTimeUnitTest.java
index 421663fdd6..97e530440a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringtooffsetdatetime/StringToOffsetDateTimeUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringtooffsetdatetime/StringToOffsetDateTimeUnitTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.baeldung.stringtooffsetdatetime;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -14,17 +15,18 @@ public class StringToOffsetDateTimeUnitTest {
     public void givenDateTimeString_whenUsingOffsetDateTimeParse_thenConvertToOffsetDateTime() {
         OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse(dateTimeString);
 
-        OffsetDateTime expected = OffsetDateTime.of(2024, 4, 11, 10, 15, 30, 0, OffsetDateTime.parse(dateTimeString).getOffset());
+        OffsetDateTime expected = OffsetDateTime.of(2024, 4, 11, 10, 15, 30, 0, ZoneOffset.ofHours(1));
         assertEquals(expected, offsetDateTime);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void givenDateTimeStringAndFormatter_whenUsingDateTimeFormatter_thenConvertToOffsetDateTime() {
-        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
+        String customDateTimeString = "11-04-2024 10:15:30 +0100";
+        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
 
-        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse(dateTimeString, formatter);
+        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse(customDateTimeString, formatter);
 
-        OffsetDateTime expected = OffsetDateTime.of(2024, 4, 11, 10, 15, 30, 0, OffsetDateTime.parse(dateTimeString).getOffset());
+        OffsetDateTime expected = OffsetDateTime.of(2024, 4, 11, 10, 15, 30, 0, ZoneOffset.ofHours(1));
         assertEquals(expected, offsetDateTime);
     }
 }