diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/main/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIExamples.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/main/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIExamples.java
index eda36dbfde..37468fbdbd 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/main/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIExamples.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/main/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIExamples.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class VectorAPIExamples {
     public float[] scalarNormOfTwoArrays(float[] arr1, float[] arr2) {
         float[] finalResult = new float[arr1.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) {
-            finalResult[i] = (arr1[i] * arr1[i] + arr2[i] * arr2[i]) * -1.0f;
+            finalResult[i] = (float) Math.sqrt(arr1[i] * arr1[i] + arr2[i] * arr2[i]);
         }
         return finalResult;
     }
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ public class VectorAPIExamples {
             var vb = FloatVector.fromArray(PREFERRED_SPECIES, arr2, i);
             var vc = va.mul(va)
               .add(vb.mul(vb))
-              .neg();
+              .sqrt();
             vc.intoArray(finalResult, i);
         }
 
         // tail cleanup
         for (; i < arr1.length; i++) {
-            finalResult[i] = (arr1[i] * arr1[i] + arr2[i] * arr2[i]) * -1.0f;
+            finalResult[i] = (float) Math.sqrt(arr1[i] * arr1[i] + arr2[i] * arr2[i]);
         }
         return finalResult;
     }
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/test/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/test/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIUnitTest.java
index 22b37a2b28..97e77a474f 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/test/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-19/src/test/java/com/baeldung/vectors/VectorAPIUnitTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class VectorAPIUnitTest {
     public void whenTwoValuesProvided_thenComputeScalarNorm() {
         float[] arr1 = { 1, 2.3f };
         float[] arr2 = { 1.3f, 2.0f };
-        float[] result = { -2.6899998f, -9.29f };
+        float[] result = { 1.6401219f, 3.047950f };
         Assertions.assertArrayEquals(result, vector.scalarNormOfTwoArrays(arr1, arr2));
     }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class VectorAPIUnitTest {
     public void whenTwoValuesProvided_thenComputeVectorNorm() {
         float[] arr1 = { 1, 2.3f };
         float[] arr2 = { 1.3f, 2.0f };
-        float[] result = { -2.6899998f, -9.29f };
+        float[] result = { 1.6401219f, 3.047950f };
         Assertions.assertArrayEquals(result, vector.vectorNormalForm(arr1, arr2));
     }