diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.exp b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.exp
index 6cd67db3f6472..5d92c423f3fd8 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.exp
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.exp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-processed 1 task
+processed 2 tasks
diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.move b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.move
index 0aa4da1829006..8f24cf368eb37 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.move
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler-transactional-tests/tests/parser/byte_string.move
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
+//# init --edition 2024.beta
+
 //# run
 module 0x42::m {
 
 fun main() {
-    assert!(b"" == x"", 0);
-    assert!(b"Diem" == x"4469656D", 1);
-    assert!(b"\x4c\x69\x62\x72\x61" == x"4c69627261", 2);
+    assert!(b"" == x"");
+    assert!(b"Diem" == x"4469656D");
+    assert!(b"\x4c\x69\x62\x72\x61" == x"4c69627261");
     assert!(
         b"Γ ⊢ λ x. x : ∀α. α → α" ==
         x"CE9320E28AA220CEBB20782E2078203A20E28880CEB12E20CEB120E2869220CEB1",
-        3
+    );
+    assert!(
+        b"😏\n👉🕶️\n😎" ==
+        vector[
+            240,
+            159,
+            152,
+            143,
+            10,
+            240,
+            159,
+            145,
+            137,
+            240,
+            159,
+            149,
+            182,
+            239,
+            184,
+            143,
+            10,
+            240,
+            159,
+            152,
+            142,
+        ],
     );
 }
 }
diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler/tests/move_check/parser/byte_string_success.move b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler/tests/move_check/parser/byte_string_success.move
index b5eb37aa01a2f..f560528f3e163 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler/tests/move_check/parser/byte_string_success.move
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-compiler/tests/move_check/parser/byte_string_success.move
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ module 0x8675309::M {
     public fun escaped_backslash_before_quote(): vector<u8> {
         b"\\"
     }
+    public fun utf8(): vector<u8> {
+        b"😏👉🕶️😎"
+    }
 }