diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fstring.py b/Lib/test/test_fstring.py
index ad5ac6a2f04..1eb3bfb4188 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fstring.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fstring.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ x = (
         self.assertEqual(f'{CustomFormat():\n}', '\n')
         self.assertEqual(f'{CustomFormat():\u2603}', '☃')
         with self.assertWarns(SyntaxWarning):
-            exec('f"{F():¯\_(ツ)_/¯}"', {'F': CustomFormat})
+            exec(r'f"{F():¯\_(ツ)_/¯}"', {'F': CustomFormat})
 
     def test_side_effect_order(self):
         class X: