1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/lstrip_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/lstrip_spec.rb
index 12c7b13200..6b40189500 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/lstrip_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/lstrip_spec.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ describe "String#lstrip" do
    "  hello world  ".lstrip.should == "hello world  "
    "\n\r\t\n\v\r hello world  ".lstrip.should == "hello world  "
    "hello".lstrip.should == "hello"
-   "\000 \000hello\000 \000".lstrip.should == "\000 \000hello\000 \000"
   end
 
-  it "does not strip leading \\0" do
-   "\x00hello".lstrip.should == "\x00hello"
+  ruby_version_is '3.1' do
+    it "strips leading \\0" do
+     "\x00hello".lstrip.should == "hello"
+     "\000 \000hello\000 \000".lstrip.should == "hello\000 \000"
+    end
   end
 
   ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
@@ -28,10 +30,14 @@ describe "String#lstrip!" do
     a = "  hello  "
     a.lstrip!.should equal(a)
     a.should == "hello  "
+  end
 
-    a = "\000 \000hello\000 \000"
-    a.lstrip!
-    a.should == "\000 \000hello\000 \000"
+  ruby_version_is '3.1' do
+    it "strips leading \\0" do
+      a = "\000 \000hello\000 \000"
+      a.lstrip!
+      a.should == "hello\000 \000"
+    end
   end
 
   it "returns nil if no modifications were made" do