diff --git a/lib/std/zig/string_literal.zig b/lib/std/zig/string_literal.zig
index 24de0bb54fbe131f90e62345781702f19a28244d..c51c2ab77c62faf84057d25f2739e37ece9fd0d6 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/string_literal.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/string_literal.zig
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ test parseAlloc {
     try expect(eql(u8, "\x12foo", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"\\x12foo\"")));
     try expect(eql(u8, "bytes\u{1234}foo", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"bytes\\u{1234}foo\"")));
     try expect(eql(u8, "foo", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"foo\"")));
-    try expect(eql(u8, "foo", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"f\x6f\x6f\"")));
-    try expect(eql(u8, "f💯", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"f\u{1f4af}\"")));
+    try expect(eql(u8, "foo", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"f\\x6f\\x6f\"")));
+    try expect(eql(u8, "f💯", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"f\\u{1f4af}\"")));
     try expect(eql(u8, "\xed\xa0\x80", try parseAlloc(alloc, "\"\\u{d800}\"")));
 }