diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
index ccd6fdb31..9d7f972a6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ protected void assertGetObjectIsCompatible(ResultSet resultSet, String expected)
 
   protected void assertGetBytesIsCompatible(ResultSet resultSet, String expected)
       throws SQLException {
+    byte[] expectedBytes = expected.getBytes();
     TestUtil.assertEqualsIgnoringWhitespace(
-        expected, new String(resultSet.getBytes(1), Charset.defaultCharset()));
+        new String(expectedBytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+        new String(resultSet.getBytes(1), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
   }
 
   protected void withFirstRow(