diff --git a/tests/data/test252 b/tests/data/test252
index b3f4966a1..537949ed5 100644
--- a/tests/data/test252
+++ b/tests/data/test252
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EPSV
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
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 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test253 b/tests/data/test253
index 9be5f3d60..1deaf1e0f 100644
--- a/tests/data/test253
+++ b/tests/data/test253
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EPRT
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
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 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test254 b/tests/data/test254
index 571b033f7..15fed6f6e 100644
--- a/tests/data/test254
+++ b/tests/data/test254
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EPSV
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
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 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test255 b/tests/data/test255
index cc50c95e4..94380320e 100644
--- a/tests/data/test255
+++ b/tests/data/test255
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EPRT
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTP server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..