diff --git a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/date_helper_test.php b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/date_helper_test.php
index c80e92c..c4f99a9 100644
--- a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/date_helper_test.php
+++ b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/date_helper_test.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		/*
 
 		// This stub job, is simply to cater $config['time_reference']
-		$config = $this->getMock('CI_Config');
+		$config = $this->getMockBuilder('CI_Config')->getMock();
 		$config->expects($this->any())
 			   ->method('item')
 			   ->will($this->returnValue('local'));
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		/*
 
 		// This stub job, is simply to cater $config['time_reference']
-		$config = $this->getMock('CI_Config');
+		$config = $this->getMockBuilder('CI_Config')->getMock();
 		$config->expects($this->any())
 			   ->method('item')
 			   ->will($this->returnValue('UTC'));
diff --git a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/language_helper_test.php b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/language_helper_test.php
index 176da68..1ddabea 100644
--- a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/language_helper_test.php
+++ b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/language_helper_test.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	public function test_lang()
 	{
 		$this->helper('language');
-		$lang = $this->getMock('CI_Lang', array('line'));
+		$lang = $this->getMockBuilder('CI_Lang')->setMethods(array('line'))->getMock();
 		$lang->expects($this->any())->method('line')->will($this->returnValue(FALSE));
 		$this->ci_instance_var('lang', $lang);
 
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 		$this->assertEquals('<label for="foo" class="bar"></label>', lang(1, 'foo', array('class' => 'bar')));
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/number_helper_test.php b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/number_helper_test.php
index 817db2c..663e354 100644
--- a/tests/codeigniter/helpers/number_helper_test.php
+++ b/tests/codeigniter/helpers/number_helper_test.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 		// Mock away load, too much going on in there,
 		// we'll just check for the expected parameter
-		$lang = $this->getMock($lang_cls, array('load'));
+		$lang = $this->getMockBuilder('CI_Lang')->setMethods(array('load'))->getMock();
 		$lang->expects($this->once())
 			 ->method('load')
 			 ->with($this->equalTo('number'));
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@
 		$this->assertEquals('112,283.3 TB', byte_format(123456789123456789));
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}