diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/config/SettingsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/config/SettingsTest.java
index c3ac9f0444..cb283cb286 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/config/SettingsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/config/SettingsTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public void testSettings() {
         Settings settings = new DefaultSettings();
 
         assertEquals("12345", settings.get(StrutsConstants.STRUTS_MULTIPART_MAX_SIZE));
-        assertEquals("\\temp", settings.get(StrutsConstants.STRUTS_MULTIPART_SAVE_DIR));
+        assertEquals("./target/temp", settings.get(StrutsConstants.STRUTS_MULTIPART_SAVE_DIR));
 
         assertEquals("test,org/apache/struts2/othertest", settings.get( StrutsConstants.STRUTS_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES));
         assertEquals("testvalue", settings.get("testkey"));
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/struts.properties b/core/src/test/resources/struts.properties
index 7d905d214a..58288bdda4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/struts.properties
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/struts.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 struts.i18n.encoding=ISO-8859-1
 struts.locale=de_DE
-struts.multipart.saveDir=\\temp
+struts.multipart.saveDir=./target/temp
 struts.multipart.maxSize=12345
 
 ### Load custom property files (does not override struts.properties!)