"xyzzy" is not a silly enough name for some OpenSSL versions to report an error
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index cf5abe2..5086cc3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         # Error checking can happen at instantiation or when connecting
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ssl.SSLError, "No cipher can be selected"):
             s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE, ciphers="xyzzy")
+                                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE, ciphers="^$:,;?*'dorothyx")
             s.connect(remote)
 
     @support.cpython_only
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         ctx.set_ciphers("ALL")
         ctx.set_ciphers("DEFAULT")
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ssl.SSLError, "No cipher can be selected"):
-            ctx.set_ciphers("xyzzy")
+            ctx.set_ciphers("^$:,;?*'dorothyx")
 
     def test_verify(self):
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)