diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cstring_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cstring_runme.py
index 55b51d1c7..6fec5362b 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cstring_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cstring_runme.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if count("ab\0ab\0ab\0", 0) != 3:
 if test1() != "Hello World":
     raise RuntimeError
 
-if test2() != " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_":
+if test2() != " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_":
     raise RuntimeError
 
 if test3("hello") != "hello-suffix":
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ if test6(10) != 'xxxxx':
 if test7() != "Hello world!":
     raise RuntimeError
 
-if test8() != " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_":
+if test8() != " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_":
     raise RuntimeError
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cwstring_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cwstring_runme.py
index aaa5b6e62..b2b23a862 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cwstring_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/li_cwstring_runme.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if count(u"ab\0ab\0ab\0", 0) != 3:
 if test1() != u"Hello World":
     raise RuntimeError
 
-if test2() != u" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_":
+if test2() != u" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_":
     raise RuntimeError
 
 if test3("hello") != u"hello-suffix":
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ if test6(10) != u'xxxxx':
 if test7() != u"Hello world!":
     raise RuntimeError
 
-if test8() != u" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_":
+if test8() != u" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_":
     raise RuntimeError