diff --git a/build.savant b/build.savant
index 95b91df6..51c50aeb 100644
--- a/build.savant
+++ b/build.savant
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ logbackVersion = "1.5.13"
 slf4jVersion = "2.0.13"
 testngVersion = "7.8.0"
 
-project(group: "org.primeframework", name: "prime-mvc", version: "5.8.1", licenses: ["ApacheV2_0"]) {
+project(group: "org.primeframework", name: "prime-mvc", version: "5.8.2", licenses: ["ApacheV2_0"]) {
   workflow {
     fetch {
       // Dependency resolution order:
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/primeframework/mvc/test/RequestBuilder.java b/src/test/java/org/primeframework/mvc/test/RequestBuilder.java
index 60895c19..f6f54e7e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/primeframework/mvc/test/RequestBuilder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/primeframework/mvc/test/RequestBuilder.java
@@ -491,17 +491,6 @@ public RequestBuilder withCookie(String name, String value) throws Exception {
     return withCookie(name, value, false, false);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Encrypt the provided value and add a cookie with the encrypted value to the request
-   *
-   * @param name  The name of the cookie.
-   * @param value The unencrypted value of the cookie.
-   * @return This.
-   */
-  public RequestBuilder withEncryptedCookie(String name, String value) throws Exception {
-    return withCookie(name, value, false, true);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Add a cookie to the request.
    *
@@ -526,6 +515,17 @@ public RequestBuilder withEncoding(Charset encoding) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Encrypt the provided value and add a cookie with the encrypted value to the request
+   *
+   * @param name  The name of the cookie.
+   * @param value The unencrypted value of the cookie.
+   * @return This.
+   */
+  public RequestBuilder withEncryptedCookie(String name, String value) throws Exception {
+    return withCookie(name, value, false, true);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Adds a file.
    *
@@ -887,9 +887,12 @@ HTTPResponseWrapper run() {
     var requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                                     .method(request.getMethod().name(), bodyPublisher);
 
-    if (!locales.isEmpty()) {
-      requestBuilder.setHeader("Accept-Language", locales.stream().map(Locale::toLanguageTag).collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
+    if (locales.isEmpty()) {
+      // request.getLocale() returns a default locale if none are set by httpRequestConsumer but
+      // we still want to set to the system's default, if none were explicitly set.
+      locales = List.of(Locale.getDefault());
     }
+    requestBuilder.setHeader("Accept-Language", locales.stream().map(Locale::toLanguageTag).collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
 
     if (contentType != null) {
       requestBuilder.setHeader(Headers.ContentType, contentType + (characterEncoding != null ? "; charset=" + characterEncoding : ""));