diff --git a/tests/domaincapstest.c b/tests/domaincapstest.c
index 1aa6bb135248dba1843fe27770cbd71eb4bf3d5c..f7a3868ff2043f7a72650dfdeec6c4881ce43ff9 100644
--- a/tests/domaincapstest.c
+++ b/tests/domaincapstest.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fillQemuCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
     virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps = NULL;
     virDomainCapsLoaderPtr loader = &domCaps->os.loader;
 
-    if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/qemucapabilitiesdata/%s.%s.caps",
+    if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/qemucapabilitiesdata/%s.%s.xml",
                     abs_srcdir, name, virArchToString(arch)) < 0 ||
         !(qemuCaps = qemuTestParseCapabilities(path)))
         goto cleanup;
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.2.2-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.2.2-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.2.2-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.2.2-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.3.1-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.3.1-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.3.1-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.3.1-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.4.2-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.4.2-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.4.2-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.4.2-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.x86_64.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.x86_64.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.x86_64.caps
rename to tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.x86_64.xml
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c b/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
index 8b73a8910ae661e320d916c429bc44234c328706..b8f931af576066cd80069593df9c1bb3147c0728 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ testQemuCaps(const void *opaque)
 
     if (virAsprintf(&repliesFile, "%s/qemucapabilitiesdata/%s.%s.replies",
                     abs_srcdir, data->base, data->archName) < 0 ||
-        virAsprintf(&capsFile, "%s/qemucapabilitiesdata/%s.%s.caps",
+        virAsprintf(&capsFile, "%s/qemucapabilitiesdata/%s.%s.xml",
                     abs_srcdir, data->base, data->archName) < 0)
         goto cleanup;