diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/EmptyWithScalarsTest.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/EmptyWithScalarsTest.java
index b9e5a48d..8ea4cf9b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/EmptyWithScalarsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/EmptyWithScalarsTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ static class MiscOther {
         public Boolean B = Boolean.TRUE;
     }
 
-    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = newMapper();
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = mapperBuilder()
+            .disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES)
+            .build();
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************************