diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
index 9a3197a06a..6522620d5f 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class RequestsTests(unittest.TestCase):
                          str_prefix("<WSGIRequest\npath:/otherpath/,\nGET:{%(_)s'a': %(_)s'b'},\nPOST:{%(_)s'c': %(_)s'd'},\nCOOKIES:{%(_)s'e': %(_)s'f'},\nMETA:{%(_)s'g': %(_)s'h'}>"))
 
     def test_parse_cookie(self):
-        self.assertEqual(parse_cookie('invalid:key=true'), {})
+        self.assertEqual(parse_cookie('invalid@key=true'), {})
 
     def test_httprequest_location(self):
         request = HttpRequest()