diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReader.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReader.java
index e554dbd6ebd..3e8725e3d76 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReader.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReader.java
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * Implementation of the {@link javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader} interface that wraps a
- * {@link XMLEventReader}. Useful because the StAX {@link javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory}
- * allows one to create an event reader from a stream reader, but not vice-versa.
+ * Implementation of the {@link javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader} interface that wraps an
+ * {@link XMLEventReader}.
+ *
+ * <p>Useful because the StAX {@link javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory} allows one
+ * to create an event reader from a stream reader, but not vice-versa.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReaderTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReaderTests.java
index 40ef3b6410d..9a261226c86 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamReaderTests.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.xmlunit.util.Predicate;
@@ -35,21 +34,24 @@ import org.springframework.core.testfixture.xml.XmlContent;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link XMLEventStreamReader}.
+ */
 class XMLEventStreamReaderTests {
 
 	private static final String XML =
-			"<?pi content?><root xmlns='namespace'><prefix:child xmlns:prefix='namespace2'>content</prefix:child></root>"
-			;
+			"<?pi content?><root xmlns='namespace'><prefix:child xmlns:prefix='namespace2'>content</prefix:child></root>";
 
-	private XMLEventStreamReader streamReader;
+	private final XMLEventStreamReader streamReader;
 
-	@BeforeEach
-	void createStreamReader() throws Exception {
+
+	XMLEventStreamReaderTests() throws Exception {
 		XMLInputFactory inputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
 		XMLEventReader eventReader = inputFactory.createXMLEventReader(new StringReader(XML));
-		streamReader = new XMLEventStreamReader(eventReader);
+		this.streamReader = new XMLEventStreamReader(eventReader);
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	void readAll() throws Exception {
 		while (streamReader.hasNext()) {