diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index a22213b3..c51767ea 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Net::SSLeay.
 	- Skip NPN tests when NPN is disabled in OpenSSL instead o
 	  assuming NPN is always enabled. Reported by GitHub user
 	  dilyanpalauzov Дилян Палаузов.
+	- In the test suite, replace t/data/binary-test.file (a binary blob with
+	  unknown provenance) with t/data/lorem-ipsum.txt (a text file containing
+	  widely-known ASCII text).
 
 1.94 2024-01-08
 	- New stable release incorporating all changes from developer releases 1.93_01
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 924e76dc..62b4c7bc 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ README.OSX
 README.VMS
 README.Win32
 SSLeay.xs
-t/data/binary-test.file
+t/data/lorem-ipsum.txt
 t/data/openssl_init_test.conf
 t/data/extended-cert.cert.der
 t/data/extended-cert.cert.dump
diff --git a/t/data/binary-test.file b/t/data/binary-test.file
deleted file mode 100644
index 119cecc8..00000000
Binary files a/t/data/binary-test.file and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/t/data/lorem-ipsum.txt b/t/data/lorem-ipsum.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0be5521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/data/lorem-ipsum.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin vitae nisl
+porta, maximus orci a, varius risus. Integer nisl lectus, convallis non
+convallis sit amet, maximus sodales magna. Donec cursus, diam non pellentesque
+ornare, diam diam laoreet justo, auctor finibus sem justo non mi. Suspendisse
+efficitur eget orci ut condimentum. Nunc tempor eleifend varius. Vestibulum at
+sapien non lacus fermentum viverra. Maecenas faucibus libero vel molestie
+finibus. Curabitur eu nisl arcu. Morbi egestas, libero pellentesque pharetra
+bibendum, magna lorem efficitur nisl, id placerat nisi sem eget ex. Donec non
+metus ultrices, lobortis arcu sit amet, sagittis felis. Proin molestie lectus
+et nisi sollicitudin blandit. Quisque cursus imperdiet nisl, vitae consectetur
+lacus ullamcorper nec. Donec pellentesque libero at dapibus ultricies. Nullam
+ut lorem vitae mi dapibus hendrerit eget nec nisl.
+
+Etiam purus nulla, porta et fringilla sed, maximus id odio. Mauris mattis nibh
+id consectetur finibus. Curabitur hendrerit augue nec magna malesuada
+suscipit. Quisque dui dolor, volutpat ac iaculis et, cursus eu arcu. Cras ut
+nisi ut risus laoreet eleifend. Nunc accumsan, leo in malesuada rhoncus, diam
+tortor blandit odio, ac pretium nisl lacus commodo nisl. Nam et feugiat
+libero. Praesent rutrum erat sit amet euismod venenatis. Integer dictum
+tincidunt urna, sit amet facilisis nibh tristique et. Aliquam sed sapien in
+ipsum lacinia viverra. Maecenas ante arcu, pretium volutpat varius ac, ornare
+sed ante. Quisque eleifend, dui a molestie vestibulum, urna diam imperdiet ex,
+eget eleifend nibh tortor vitae quam. Phasellus ac consequat arcu, a tempus
+quam. Etiam ut rhoncus turpis. In id est magna.
diff --git a/t/local/10_rand.t b/t/local/10_rand.t
index fb0f0f3c..e70f49bf 100644
--- a/t/local/10_rand.t
+++ b/t/local/10_rand.t
@@ -18,17 +18,36 @@ is_libressl() ?
     test_rand_file_name_openssl();
 
 # RAND_load_file
-my $binary_file      = data_file_path('binary-test.file');
-my $binary_file_size = -s $binary_file;
-
-cmp_ok($binary_file_size, '>=', 1000, "Have binary file with good size: $binary_file $binary_file_size");
-is(Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($binary_file, $binary_file_size), $binary_file_size, 'RAND_load with specific size');
-if (Net::SSLeay::constant("LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER"))
-{
+my $text_file      = data_file_path('lorem-ipsum.txt');
+my $text_file_size = -s $text_file;
+
+cmp_ok(
+    $text_file_size,
+    '>=',
+    1000,
+    "Have file with good size: $text_file $text_file_size"
+);
+
+is(
+    Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($text_file, $text_file_size),
+    $text_file_size,
+    'RAND_load with specific size'
+);
+
+if ( Net::SSLeay::constant('LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER') ) {
     # RAND_load_file does nothing on LibreSSL but should return something sane
-    cmp_ok(Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($binary_file, -1), '>', 0, 'RAND_load with -1 is positive with LibreSSL');
+    cmp_ok(
+        Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($text_file, -1),
+        '>',
+        0,
+        'RAND_load with -1 is positive with LibreSSL'
+    );
 } else {
-    is(Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($binary_file, -1), $binary_file_size, 'RAND_load with -1 returns file size');
+    is(
+        Net::SSLeay::RAND_load_file($text_file, -1),
+        $text_file_size,
+        'RAND_load with -1 returns file size'
+    );
 }
 
 test_rand_bytes();
diff --git a/t/local/50_digest.t b/t/local/50_digest.t
index 2aeb254e..1d208cb7 100644
--- a/t/local/50_digest.t
+++ b/t/local/50_digest.t
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sub digest_chunked_f1 {
   Net::SSLeay::EVP_DigestInit($ctx, $md);
 
   open my $fh, "<", $file or BAIL_OUT "cannot open file '$file'";
-  binmode $fh;
   while(my $len = sysread($fh, my $chunk, 500)) {
     Net::SSLeay::EVP_DigestUpdate($ctx,$chunk);
   }
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ sub digest_chunked_f2 {
   Net::SSLeay::EVP_DigestInit_ex($ctx, $md, 0); #NULL ENGINE just to test whether the function exists
 
   open my $fh, "<", $file or BAIL_OUT "cannot open file '$file'";
-  binmode $fh;
   while(my $len = sysread($fh, my $chunk, 5)) {
     Net::SSLeay::EVP_DigestUpdate($ctx,$chunk);
   }
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ sub digest_file {
   }
 
   open my $f, "<", $file or BAIL_OUT "cannot open file '$file'";
-  binmode $f;
   sysread($f, my $data, -s $file) or BAIL_OUT "sysread failed";  
   close $f;
   
@@ -177,20 +174,20 @@ SKIP: {
   isnt(scalar(keys %all_digests), 0, 'non-empty digest list');
 }
 
-my $file = data_file_path('binary-test.file');
+my $file = data_file_path('lorem-ipsum.txt');
 
 my $file_digests = {
-        md2       => '67ae6d821be6898101414c56b1fb4f46',
-        md4       => '480438696e7d9a6ab3ecc1e2a3419f78',
-        md5       => 'cc89b43c171818c347639fa5170aee16',
-        mdc2      => 'ee605fe3fc966a7b17185ebdbcd13ada',
-        ripemd160 => 'cb70ba43fc6d263f6d7816170c1a33f28c2000fe',
-        sha       => 'c151c6f408cb94bc5c53b17852efbe8bfbeec2b9',
-        sha1      => '059404d1d0e952d0457a6c99b6e68b3b44c8ef13',
-        sha224    => '161c65efa1b9762f7e0448b5b369a3e2c236876b0b57a35add5106bb',
-        sha256    => 'e416730ddaa34729adb32ec6ddad4e50fca1fe97de313e800196b1f8cd5032bd',
-        sha512    => '8b5e7181fc76d49e1cb7971a6980b5d8db6b23c3b0553cf42f559156fd08e64567d17c4147c864efd4d3a5e22fb6602d613a055f7f14faad22744dbc3df89d59',
-        whirlpool => '31079767aa2dd9b8ab01caadd954a88aaaf6001941c38d17ba43c0ef80a074c3eedf35b73c3941929dea281805c6c5ffc0a619abef4c6a3365d6cb31412d0e0c',
+    md2       => '70982048c26bc1b0e4a14882143c43db',
+    md4       => '10d7111dd6931a247b88ad05a6389ade',
+    md5       => '92798fe3cda6fd622e1de6f78fe2ba78',
+    mdc2      => 'eba3531b18827ec79aa4b421c63e6931',
+    ripemd160 => '0976116cd4513f81d9696811d72c68e6d59ce73c',
+    sha       => 'aa862084fa60357fd983fb78945c4870e8c455a1',
+    sha1      => '6bddd57399253c98ce7e1e1478426e317a6545ed',
+    sha224    => '3ea7316d84881fbff013e6852ad0767e605352ae1fbdc43105f91701',
+    sha256    => '76043f712d7c45bfad74bc0187b4eb259027193f68718e642fba976ec638b4ac',
+    sha512    => '593ed012548e15bd43e4a3fa95b7c9bdf43c1c6aa1e42ed8a7ad3ef87a40fbfa4503bf95b5e9ecf17fc9398958968e9766c171ac6cf268f9394b0de73e78e3b2',
+    whirlpool => '6216e98b1a920b14010f58c96299c738d4a156b7b533c74c9ae6da60e936958687017b8398d34efb05526e6156386f1af0b07f1b4af6feb41d6b45975d579a14',
 };
 
 my %fps = (