diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
index 833e934..518c949 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class JSONMLTest {
             fail("Expecting an exception");
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             assertEquals("Expecting an exception message",
-                "Bad XML at 23 [character 24 line 1]",
+                "Bad XML at 24 [character 25 line 1]",
                 e.getMessage());
         }
     }