diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/java.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/java.xml
index 58379b095..9f8c12ef7 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/java.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/java.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <java classname="${app}"
       classpath="${tests-classpath.value}"
       >
-      <arg value="-1"/>
+      <arg value="2"/>
     </java>
   </target>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <java classname="${app}"
       classpath="${tests-classpath.value}"
       failonerror="true">
-      <arg value="-1"/>
+      <arg value="2"/>
     </java>
   </target>
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         classpath="${tests-classpath.value}"
         failonerror="true"
         fork="true">
-        <arg value="-1"/>
+        <arg value="2"/>
     </java>
   </target>
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         failonerror="false"
         fork="true"
         >
-        <arg value="-1"/>
+        <arg value="2"/>
     </java>
     <echo message="exitcode = ${exitcode}"/>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JavaTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JavaTest.java
index 3c1250486..8797215db 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JavaTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JavaTest.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class JavaTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testResultPropertyNonZero() {
         executeTarget("testResultPropertyNonZero");
-        assertEquals("-1",project.getProperty("exitcode"));
+        assertEquals("2",project.getProperty("exitcode"));
     }
 
     public void testSpawn() {