diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ecb883c75..2caaecbdd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2024-01-25  Bart Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
+
+	* 52385: Test/B03print.ztst: avoid "tr" in test output formatting
+
 2024-01-24  Bart Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
 
 	* 52496 + 52377: Doc/Zsh/options.yo, Doc/Zsh/params.yo: clarify
diff --git a/Test/B03print.ztst b/Test/B03print.ztst
index 4d2cf9764..93a9669b0 100644
--- a/Test/B03print.ztst
+++ b/Test/B03print.ztst
@@ -305,8 +305,9 @@
  foo+=$'\tone\ttwo\tthree\tfour\n'
  foo+=$'\t\tone\t\ttwo\t\tthree\t\tfour'
  foo+='\0' # regression test for multibyte tab expand
- print -x4 $foo | tr '\0' Z # avoid raw nul byte in expected output below
- print -X4 $foo | tr '\0' Z
+ # avoid raw nul byte in expected output below
+ print ${"$(print -x4 $foo)"/$'\0'/Z}
+ print ${"$(print -X4 $foo)"/$'\0'/Z}
 0:Tab expansion by print
 >one	two	three	four
 >    one	two	three	four