diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
index 8fdd6be509..3a5134c96c 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class StringTest(_LiteralRoundTripFixture, fixtures.TestBase):
 
     def test_literal_backslashes(self):
         data = r'backslash one \ backslash two \\ end'
-        self._literal_round_trip(Text, [data], [data])
+        self._literal_round_trip(String(40), [data], [data])
 
 
 class _DateFixture(_LiteralRoundTripFixture):