diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/TransactionalSqlScriptsTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/TransactionalSqlScriptsTests.java
index 1bb5ad5032c..f77ed9bc28b 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/TransactionalSqlScriptsTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/TransactionalSqlScriptsTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.test.context.jdbc;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.MethodOrderer;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestMethodOrder;
 
@@ -31,21 +30,19 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
  * @since 4.1
  */
 @SpringJUnitConfig(EmptyDatabaseConfig.class)
-@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
+@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.Alphanumeric.class)
 @Sql({ "schema.sql", "data.sql" })
 @DirtiesContext
-public class TransactionalSqlScriptsTests extends AbstractTransactionalTests {
+class TransactionalSqlScriptsTests extends AbstractTransactionalTests {
 
 	@Test
-	@Order(1)
-	public void classLevelScripts() {
+	void classLevelScripts() {
 		assertNumUsers(1);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	@Sql({ "recreate-schema.sql", "data.sql", "data-add-dogbert.sql" })
-	@Order(2)
-	public void methodLevelScripts() {
+	void methodLevelScripts() {
 		assertNumUsers(2);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/rules/TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/rules/TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests.java
index 8132c4e9aee..b3b1894464e 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/rules/TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/rules/TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests.java
@@ -27,23 +27,30 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.EmptyDatabaseConfig;
 import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.Sql;
-import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.TransactionalSqlScriptsTests;
+import org.springframework.test.jdbc.JdbcTestUtils;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 /**
- * This class is an extension of {@link TransactionalSqlScriptsTests}
- * that has been modified to use {@link SpringClassRule} and
- * {@link SpringMethodRule}.
+ * This class is a JUnit 4 based copy of
+ * {@link org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.TransactionalSqlScriptsTests}
+ * that has been modified to use {@link SpringClassRule} and {@link SpringMethodRule}.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.2
  */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
-// Note: @FixMethodOrder is NOT @Inherited.
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = EmptyDatabaseConfig.class)
 @FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.NAME_ASCENDING)
-// Overriding @Sql declaration to reference scripts using relative path.
 @Sql({ "../../jdbc/schema.sql", "../../jdbc/data.sql" })
-public class TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests extends TransactionalSqlScriptsTests {
+@DirtiesContext
+public class TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests {
 
 	@ClassRule
 	public static final SpringClassRule springClassRule = new SpringClassRule();
@@ -54,24 +61,27 @@ public class TransactionalSqlScriptsSpringRuleTests extends TransactionalSqlScri
 	@Rule
 	public Timeout timeout = Timeout.builder().withTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
 
+	@Autowired
+	JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
+
 
-	/**
-	 * Redeclared to ensure that {@code @FixMethodOrder} is properly applied.
-	 */
 	@Test
-	@Override
 	public void classLevelScripts() {
 		assertNumUsers(1);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Overriding {@code @Sql} declaration to reference scripts using relative path.
-	 */
 	@Test
 	@Sql({ "../../jdbc/drop-schema.sql", "../../jdbc/schema.sql", "../../jdbc/data.sql", "../../jdbc/data-add-dogbert.sql" })
-	@Override
 	public void methodLevelScripts() {
 		assertNumUsers(2);
 	}
 
+	private void assertNumUsers(int expected) {
+		assertThat(countRowsInTable("user")).as("Number of rows in the 'user' table.").isEqualTo(expected);
+	}
+
+	private int countRowsInTable(String tableName) {
+		return JdbcTestUtils.countRowsInTable(this.jdbcTemplate, tableName);
+	}
+
 }