diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8e886ddc5..6fc84ac0d 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
       <version>4.13</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/failingtests/FailingTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/failingtests/FailingTestCase.java
index ff170b894..ef448736a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/failingtests/FailingTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/failingtests/FailingTestCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.commons.digester3.annotations.failingtests;
 
 import static org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.DigesterLoader.newLoader;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.StringStartsWith.startsWith;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
 import org.apache.commons.digester3.annotations.FromAnnotationsRuleModule;
 import org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.DigesterLoadingException;
@@ -29,20 +33,20 @@ public final class FailingTestCase
     /**
      * Tests to make sure loader fails
      */
-    @Test(expected = DigesterLoadingException.class)
+    @Test
     public void failsBecauseFailingDigesterLoaderHandlerFactory() {
 
-        newLoader(new FromAnnotationsRuleModule()
-        {
+        final DigesterLoadingException thrown = assertThrows(DigesterLoadingException.class, () ->
+                newLoader(new FromAnnotationsRuleModule() {
 
-            @Override
-            protected void configureRules()
-            {
-                useAnnotationHandlerFactory( new FailingDigesterLoaderHandlerFactory() );
-                bindRulesFrom( BeanWithFakeHandler.class );
-            }
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configureRules() {
+                        useAnnotationHandlerFactory(new FailingDigesterLoaderHandlerFactory());
+                        bindRulesFrom(BeanWithFakeHandler.class);
+                    }
 
-        }).newDigester();
+                }).newDigester());
+        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(startsWith("Digester creation errors:")));
     }
 
 }