diff --git a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscovererTests.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscovererTests.java
index 4a4b624229..bd37f5d377 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscovererTests.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscovererTests.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public class AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscovererTests {
 
 
 	private static String format(String[] names) {
-		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		sb.append("(");
 		for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
 			sb.append(names[i]);