1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
index 5b85bd0e06..b5888d86ae 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 module ArraySpecs
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'bar'
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'báz'
     ]
   end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module ArraySpecs
   def self.array_with_7bit_utf8_and_usascii_strings
     [
       'bar',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
     ]
   end
 
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ module ArraySpecs
     [
       'báz',
       'bar',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'bar',
       'báz'
     ]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module ArraySpecs
     [
       'bar',
       'báz',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('BINARY')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end
 
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ module ArraySpecs
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_binary_strings
     [
-      'bar'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
-      'foo'.force_encoding('BINARY')
+      'bar'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_binary_strings
     [
-      'bar'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'bar'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       [255].pack('C').force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end