diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/PathResource.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/PathResource.java
index c4a4168b2ee9..b4edc9bbf470 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/PathResource.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/PathResource.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * This implementation returns the hash code of the underlying Path reference.
+	 * This implementation returns the hash code of the underlying {@link Path} reference.
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtilsTests.java
index 025c3a99f5c3..1bbd0f9e92d0 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtilsTests.java
@@ -937,10 +937,10 @@ void nullSafeConciseToStringForUUID() {
 
 		@Test
 		void nullSafeConciseToStringForFile() {
-			String path = "/tmp/file.txt";
+			String path = "/tmp/file.txt".replace('/', File.separatorChar);
 			assertThat(ObjectUtils.nullSafeConciseToString(new File(path))).isEqualTo(path);
 
-			path =  "/tmp/" + "xyz".repeat(32);
+			path = ("/tmp/" + "xyz".repeat(32)).replace('/', File.separatorChar);
 			assertThat(ObjectUtils.nullSafeConciseToString(new File(path)))
 					.hasSize(truncatedLength)
 					.startsWith(path.subSequence(0, 100))
@@ -949,10 +949,10 @@ void nullSafeConciseToStringForFile() {
 
 		@Test
 		void nullSafeConciseToStringForPath() {
-			String path = "/tmp/file.txt";
+			String path = "/tmp/file.txt".replace('/', File.separatorChar);
 			assertThat(ObjectUtils.nullSafeConciseToString(Path.of(path))).isEqualTo(path);
 
-			path =  "/tmp/" + "xyz".repeat(32);
+			path = ("/tmp/" + "xyz".repeat(32)).replace('/', File.separatorChar);
 			assertThat(ObjectUtils.nullSafeConciseToString(Path.of(path)))
 					.hasSize(truncatedLength)
 					.startsWith(path.subSequence(0, 100))