diff --git a/PHPUnit/Util/XML.php b/PHPUnit/Util/XML.php
index 933c4935f4f..c8ce16d1283 100644
--- a/PHPUnit/Util/XML.php
+++ b/PHPUnit/Util/XML.php
@@ -64,9 +64,12 @@ class PHPUnit_Util_XML
      */
     public static function prepareString($string)
     {
-        return preg_replace(
-          '([\\x00-\\x04\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f])e',
-          'sprintf( "&#x%02x;", ord( "\\1" ) )',
+        return preg_replace_callback(
+          '([\\x00-\\x04\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f])',
+          function ($matches)
+          {
+              return sprintf('&#x%02x;', ord($matches[1]));
+          },
           htmlspecialchars(
             PHPUnit_Util_String::convertToUtf8($string), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'
           )
diff --git a/build/dependencies/PHP_CodeCoverage-1.2.6.tgz b/build/dependencies/PHP_CodeCoverage-1.2.6.tgz
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index e52589bd790..00000000000
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diff --git a/build/dependencies/PHP_CodeCoverage-1.2.7.tgz b/build/dependencies/PHP_CodeCoverage-1.2.7.tgz
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