diff --git a/eth-reference-tests/src/referenceTest/java/tech/pegasys/teku/reference/phase0/forkchoice/ForkChoiceTestExecutor.java b/eth-reference-tests/src/referenceTest/java/tech/pegasys/teku/reference/phase0/forkchoice/ForkChoiceTestExecutor.java
index f150ac07bd9..ff88541b524 100644
--- a/eth-reference-tests/src/referenceTest/java/tech/pegasys/teku/reference/phase0/forkchoice/ForkChoiceTestExecutor.java
+++ b/eth-reference-tests/src/referenceTest/java/tech/pegasys/teku/reference/phase0/forkchoice/ForkChoiceTestExecutor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public class ForkChoiceTestExecutor implements TestExecutor {
   private List<?> testsToSkip;
 
   public ForkChoiceTestExecutor(String... testsToSkip) {
-    this.testsToSkip = Arrays.asList(testsToSkip);
+    this.testsToSkip = List.of(testsToSkip);
   }
 
   @Override