diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelperTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelperTests.java
index 094e33d419fd..e3281e55273f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelperTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelperTests.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link UrlPathHelper}.
@@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ void getLookupPathWithSemicolonContentAndNullPathInfo() {
 	void defaultInstanceReadOnlyBehavior() {
 		UrlPathHelper helper = UrlPathHelper.defaultInstance;
 
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> helper.setAlwaysUseFullPath(true))
 			.withMessage("This instance cannot be modified");
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> helper.setUrlDecode(true))
 			.withMessage("This instance cannot be modified");
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> helper.setRemoveSemicolonContent(true))
 			.withMessage("This instance cannot be modified");
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> helper.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8"))
 			.withMessage("This instance cannot be modified");