diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/extractor/TestXSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/extractor/TestXSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor.java
index 4a77576161..c5fc21315b 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/extractor/TestXSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/extractor/TestXSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor.java
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ class TestXSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor {
                             "Nunc\t999\n";
             String CHUNK2 =
                     "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\n" +
-                            "hello, xssf\thello, xssf\n" +
-                            "hello, xssf\thello, xssf\n" +
-                            "hello, xssf\thello, xssf\n" +
-                            "hello, xssf\thello, xssf\n";
+                            "hello, xssf    hello, xssf\n" +
+                            "hello, xssf    hello, xssf\n" +
+                            "hello, xssf    hello, xssf\n" +
+                            "hello, xssf    hello, xssf\n";
             assertEquals(
                     CHUNK1 +
                             "at\t4995\n" +