diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 1e9e8db0..0c3eab74 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestSetCommonHeadersNonCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSetCommonBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	c := tc().SetCommonBasicAuth("bertold", "123456")
-	tests.AssertEqual(t, "Basic aW1yb2M6MTIzNDU2", c.Headers.Get("Authorization"))
+	tests.AssertEqual(t, "Basic YmVydG9sZDoxMjM0NTY=", c.Headers.Get("Authorization"))
 }
 
 func TestSetCommonBearerAuthToken(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index 6294e23c..8384267c 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ func TestSetBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 		SetSuccessResult(&headers).
 		Get("/header")
 	assertSuccess(t, resp, err)
-	tests.AssertEqual(t, "Basic aW1yb2M6MTIzNDU2", headers.Get("Authorization"))
+	tests.AssertEqual(t, "Basic YmVydG9sZDoxMjM0NTY=", headers.Get("Authorization"))
 }
 
 func TestSetBearerAuthToken(t *testing.T) {