diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_replace.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_replace.py
index 9913ed2b7c81e14..2ecbd34168c54e8 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_replace.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_replace.py
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ def test_replace_regex(self):
         self.assertIn('Invalid Replace Expression', showerror.message)
 
         # test access method
-        self.engine.setcookedpat("\'")
-        equal(pv.get(), "\\'")
+        self.engine.setcookedpat("?")
+        equal(pv.get(), "\\?")
 
     def test_replace_backwards(self):
         equal = self.assertEqual