diff --git a/test/compress/properties.js b/test/compress/properties.js
index 85045961..736d9d88 100644
--- a/test/compress/properties.js
+++ b/test/compress/properties.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dot_properties: {
         a.foo = "bar";
         a["if"] = "if";
         a["*"] = "asterisk";
-        a.\u0EB3 = "unicode";
+        a["\u0EB3"] = "unicode";
         a[""] = "whitespace";
         a["1_1"] = "foo";
     }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dot_properties_es5: {
         a.foo = "bar";
         a.if = "if";
         a["*"] = "asterisk";
-        a.\u0EB3 = "unicode";
+        a["\u0EB3"] = "unicode";
         a[""] = "whitespace";
     }
 }