diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDeque.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDeque.java
index 2734a622e3..cc3e246962 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDeque.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDeque.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 public class BalancedBracketsUsingDeque {
 
         public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
-                if (null == str || str.length() == 0 || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
+                if (null == str || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
                         return false;
                 } else {
                         char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
index d808842dc3..60d7191597 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
 public class BalancedBracketsUsingString {
 
         public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
-                if (null == str || str.length() == 0 || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
+                if (null == str || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
                         return false;
                 } else {
                         char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest.java
index 1d791dd29e..d7bed3000b 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ public class BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest {
         }
 
         @Test
-        public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
                 boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("");
-                assertThat(result).isFalse();
+                assertThat(result).isTrue();
         }
 
         @Test
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest.java
index f192417e69..8f4d72d0e7 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ public class BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest {
         }
 
         @Test
-        public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
                 boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("");
-                assertThat(result).isFalse();
+                assertThat(result).isTrue();
         }
 
         @Test