diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/CyclicDependancyManualTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/CyclicDependancyManualTest.java
index 9a53a83b2a..9b86770453 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/CyclicDependancyManualTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/CyclicDependancyManualTest.java
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class CyclicDependancyManualTest {
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected = StackOverflowError.class)
     public void whenInstanciatingClassOne_thenThrowsException() {
-        try {
             ClassOne obj = new ClassOne();
-            fail();
-        } catch (StackOverflowError soe) {
-            soe.printStackTrace();
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationConditionManualTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationConditionManualTest.java
index a262ee86a0..25ef504206 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationConditionManualTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationConditionManualTest.java
@@ -21,16 +21,11 @@ public class InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationConditionManualTest {
         assertEquals(120, irtc.calculateFactorial(numToCalcFactorial));
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected = StackOverflowError.class)
     public void givenNegativeInt_whenCalcFact_thenThrowsException() {
-        try {
             int numToCalcFactorial = -1;
             InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationCondition irtc = new InfiniteRecursionWithTerminationCondition();
 
             irtc.calculateFactorial(numToCalcFactorial);
-            fail();
-        } catch (StackOverflowError soe) {
-            soe.printStackTrace();
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest.java
index c643da4aeb..65126efff2 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stackoverflowerror/UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest.java
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ public class UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest {
     @Test(expected = StackOverflowError.class)
     public void givenPositiveIntNoOne_whenCalFact_thenThrowsException() {
         int numToCalcFactorial= 1;
-        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir 
-          = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
+        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
         
         uir.calculateFactorial(numToCalcFactorial);
     }
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ public class UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest {
     @Test(expected = StackOverflowError.class)
     public void givenPositiveIntGtOne_whenCalcFact_thenThrowsException() {
         int numToCalcFactorial= 2;
-        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir 
-        = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
+        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
         
         uir.calculateFactorial(numToCalcFactorial);
     }
@@ -25,8 +23,7 @@ public class UnintendedInfiniteRecursionManualTest {
     @Test(expected = StackOverflowError.class)
     public void givenNegativeInt_whenCalcFact_thenThrowsException() {
         int numToCalcFactorial= -1;
-        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir 
-        = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
+        UnintendedInfiniteRecursion uir = new UnintendedInfiniteRecursion();
         
         uir.calculateFactorial(numToCalcFactorial);
     }