diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/TextMessageOutputStream.java b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/TextMessageOutputStream.java
index 00fcb124a..15c2214af 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/TextMessageOutputStream.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/TextMessageOutputStream.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public void flush() throws IOException {
 		super.flush();
 		try {
 			ByteArrayOutputStream baos = (ByteArrayOutputStream) out;
-			String text = new String(baos.toByteArray(), encoding);
+			String text = baos.toString(encoding);
 			message.setText(text);
 		} catch (JMSException ex) {
 			throw new JmsTransportException(ex);
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/MessageOutputStream.java b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/MessageOutputStream.java
index ff5b418a7..67a456504 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/MessageOutputStream.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/xmpp/MessageOutputStream.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class MessageOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
 	public void flush() throws IOException {
 		super.flush();
 		ByteArrayOutputStream bos = (ByteArrayOutputStream) out;
-		String text = new String(bos.toByteArray(), encoding);
+		String text = bos.toString(encoding);
 		message.setBody(text);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-ws-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java b/spring-ws-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java
index 72251a180..c92098892 100644
--- a/spring-ws-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-ws-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public void testSendAndReceiveQueueTextMessage() throws Exception {
 
 			ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 			messageFactory.createMessage().writeTo(bos);
-			final String text = new String(bos.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			final String text = bos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
 			jmsTemplate.send(request.getJMSReplyTo(), session -> {