diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/xmlproperty-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/xmlproperty-test.xml
index ae1c50a5f..b7279c7c4 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/xmlproperty-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/xmlproperty-test.xml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
semanticAttributes="true"/>
element expected actual
- p ${app.n} ${app.p}
+ p $${app.n} ${app.p}
n n ${app.n}
o n ${app.o}
m n ${app.m}
-
+