diff --git a/t/corpus.t b/t/corpus.t
index a39469f..a6d1a63 100644
--- a/t/corpus.t
+++ b/t/corpus.t
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ my $parser = CPAN::Changes::Parser->new(version_like => qr/\{\{\s*\$NEXT\s*\}\}/
 
 for my $log (@ARGV ? @ARGV : glob('corpus/dists/*.changes')) {
   my $content = do {
-    open my $fh, '<', $log
+    open my $fh, '<:raw', $log
       or die "can't read $log: $!";
     local $/;
     <$fh>;
diff --git a/t/raw.t b/t/raw.t
index 3417ac7..5aeef01 100644
--- a/t/raw.t
+++ b/t/raw.t
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ my $parser = CPAN::Changes::Parser->new(version_like => qr/\{\{\s*\$NEXT\s*\}\}/
 
 for my $log (@ARGV ? @ARGV : glob('corpus/dists/*.changes')) {
   my $content = do {
-    open my $fh, '<', $log
+    open my $fh, '<:raw', $log
       or die "can't read $log: $!";
     local $/;
     <$fh>;