diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/ShortRangeValidatorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/ShortRangeValidatorTest.java
index a89865ed3..56f890d07 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/ShortRangeValidatorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/ShortRangeValidatorTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ValidationAware;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.XWorkTestCase;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.MockConfigurationProvider;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider;
+import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.HttpParameters;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class ShortRangeValidatorTest extends XWorkTestCase {
         params.put("shortFoo", "200");
 
         HashMap<String, Object> extraContext = new HashMap<>();
-        extraContext.put(ActionContext.PARAMETERS, params);
+        extraContext.put(ActionContext.PARAMETERS, HttpParameters.create(params).build());
 
         try {
             ActionProxy proxy = actionProxyFactory.createActionProxy("", MockConfigurationProvider.VALIDATION_ACTION_NAME, null, extraContext);