diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index ad8f1ef71efcd7e449d2cad8edd3cf80c98ca188..d15fa0f045bca78b2d779882e89aa5f8c8f6aac2 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ prepare_httpd() {
 	HTTPD_DEST=127.0.0.1:$LIB_HTTPD_PORT
 	HTTPD_URL=$HTTPD_PROTO://$HTTPD_DEST
 	HTTPD_URL_USER=$HTTPD_PROTO://user%40host@$HTTPD_DEST
-	HTTPD_URL_USER_PASS=$HTTPD_PROTO://user%40host:user%40host@$HTTPD_DEST
+	HTTPD_URL_USER_PASS=$HTTPD_PROTO://user%40host:pass%40host@$HTTPD_DEST
 
 	if test -n "$LIB_HTTPD_DAV" -o -n "$LIB_HTTPD_SVN"
 	then
@@ -190,7 +190,15 @@ setup_askpass_helper() {
 	test_expect_success 'setup askpass helper' '
 		write_script "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass" <<-\EOF &&
 		echo >>"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-query" "askpass: $*" &&
-		cat "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-response"
+		case "$*" in
+		*Username*)
+			what=user
+			;;
+		*Password*)
+			what=pass
+			;;
+		esac &&
+		cat "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-$what"
 		EOF
 		GIT_ASKPASS="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass" &&
 		export GIT_ASKPASS &&
@@ -200,7 +208,8 @@ setup_askpass_helper() {
 
 set_askpass() {
 	>"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-query" &&
-	echo "$*" >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-response"
+	echo "$1" >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-user" &&
+	echo "$2" >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-pass"
 }
 
 expect_askpass() {
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/passwd b/t/lib-httpd/passwd
index f2fbcad33e28adcbd30a539371e5d659251ba3a6..99a34d648742f669e7b501298a92fab401bc1971 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/passwd
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/passwd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-user@host:nKpa8pZUHx/ic
+user@host:xb4E8pqD81KQs
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push.sh b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
index 01d0d95b4d6476f691f650cc413fa7156caee88b..5b0198cbc88ad54ea4e6f102429697c2da2ed2ba 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ test_http_push_nonff "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo.git \
 
 test_expect_success 'push to password-protected repository (user in URL)' '
 	test_commit pw-user &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git push "$HTTPD_URL_USER/auth/dumb/test_repo.git" HEAD &&
 	git rev-parse --verify HEAD >expect &&
 	git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/auth/dumb/test_repo.git" \
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'user was prompted only once for password' '
 
 test_expect_failure 'push to password-protected repository (no user in URL)' '
 	test_commit pw-nouser &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git push "$HTTPD_URL/auth/dumb/test_repo.git" HEAD &&
 	expect_askpass both user@host
 	git rev-parse --verify HEAD >expect &&
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
index 470ac54295e8640feb4d23a81c5dc8ce362857d0..bfd241ea8ae4e51f69194f4a08685e9cd9d78b61 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push over smart http with auth' '
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH/test_repo_clone" &&
 	echo push-auth-test >expect &&
 	test_commit push-auth-test &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git push "$HTTPD_URL"/auth/smart/test_repo.git &&
 	git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/test_repo.git" \
 		log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push to auth-only-for-push repo' '
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH/test_repo_clone" &&
 	echo push-half-auth >expect &&
 	test_commit push-half-auth &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git push "$HTTPD_URL"/auth-push/smart/test_repo.git &&
 	git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/test_repo.git" \
 		log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push into half-auth-complete requires password' '
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH/half-auth-clone" &&
 	echo two >expect &&
 	test_commit two &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git push "$HTTPD_URL/half-auth-complete/smart/half-auth.git" &&
 	git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/half-auth.git" \
 		log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
diff --git a/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
index f7d0f146f0f69775dd3fa3ea06895e2bb1a74d55..83926247142458323298c844ec99a74c369107e7 100755
--- a/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ test_expect_success 'http auth can use user/pass in URL' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'http auth can use just user in URL' '
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass wrong pass@host &&
 	git clone "$HTTPD_URL_USER/auth/dumb/repo.git" clone-auth-pass &&
 	expect_askpass pass user@host
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'http auth can request both user and pass' '
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git clone "$HTTPD_URL/auth/dumb/repo.git" clone-auth-both &&
 	expect_askpass both user@host
 '
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test_expect_success 'http auth respects credential helper config' '
 	test_config_global credential.helper "!f() {
 		cat >/dev/null
 		echo username=user@host
-		echo password=user@host
+		echo password=pass@host
 	}; f" &&
 	set_askpass wrong &&
 	git clone "$HTTPD_URL/auth/dumb/repo.git" clone-auth-helper &&
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ test_expect_success 'http auth respects credential helper config' '
 
 test_expect_success 'http auth can get username from config' '
 	test_config_global "credential.$HTTPD_URL.username" user@host &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass wrong pass@host &&
 	git clone "$HTTPD_URL/auth/dumb/repo.git" clone-auth-user &&
 	expect_askpass pass user@host
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'configured username does not override URL' '
 	test_config_global "credential.$HTTPD_URL.username" wrong &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass wrong pass@host &&
 	git clone "$HTTPD_URL_USER/auth/dumb/repo.git" clone-auth-user2 &&
 	expect_askpass pass user@host
 '
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
index afb439e09c2db4853c6eba88a1e630f319337cf8..a124efe11459905a11d91bfb32f8388bf4876c1d 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test_expect_success 'redirects re-root further requests' '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone from password-protected repository' '
 	echo two >expect &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/repo.git" smart-auth &&
 	expect_askpass both user@host &&
 	git --git-dir=smart-auth log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ test_expect_success 'clone from auth-only-for-push repository' '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone from auth-only-for-objects repository' '
 	echo two >expect &&
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/auth-fetch/smart/repo.git" half-auth &&
 	expect_askpass both user@host &&
 	git --git-dir=half-auth log -1 --format=%s >actual &&
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test_expect_success 'no-op half-auth fetch does not require a password' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'redirects send auth to new location' '
-	set_askpass user@host &&
+	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	git -c credential.useHttpPath=true \
 	  clone $HTTPD_URL/smart-redir-auth/repo.git repo-redir-auth &&
 	expect_askpass both user@host auth/smart/repo.git