diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
index 7b85286c4dc8c..124172bd66f19 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LiteralExpressionSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
   test("string literals") {
     checkEvaluation(Literal(""), "")
     checkEvaluation(Literal("test"), "test")
-    checkEvaluation(Literal("\0"), "\0")
+    checkEvaluation(Literal("\u0000"), "\u0000")
   }
 
   test("sum two literals") {
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQlSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQlSuite.scala
index efd33f59416a8..8e8d3f34cbc6f 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQlSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQlSuite.scala
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class HiveQlSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
       CatalogColumn("dt", "string", comment = Some("date type")) ::
       CatalogColumn("hour", "string", comment = Some("hour of the day")) :: Nil)
     assert(desc.storage.serdeProperties ==
-      Map((serdeConstants.SERIALIZATION_FORMAT, "\054"), (serdeConstants.FIELD_DELIM, "\054")))
+      Map((serdeConstants.SERIALIZATION_FORMAT, "\u002C"), (serdeConstants.FIELD_DELIM, "\u002C")))
     assert(desc.storage.inputFormat == Some("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileInputFormat"))
     assert(desc.storage.outputFormat == Some("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileOutputFormat"))
     assert(desc.storage.serde ==