diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchers.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchers.java
index c32a7b73d5a..a2eb29a0101 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchers.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchers.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.test.web.client.match;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -60,7 +62,12 @@ import static org.springframework.test.util.AssertionErrors.assertTrue;
  */
 public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 
-	private static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+	/**
+	 * The encoding for parsing multipart content when the sender hasn't specified it.
+	 * @see DiskFileItemFactory#setDefaultCharset(String)
+	 */
+	private static final Charset DEFAULT_MULTIPART_ENCODING = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 
 	private final XmlExpectationsHelper xmlHelper;
 
@@ -206,7 +213,15 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
 	public RequestMatcher multipartData(MultiValueMap<String, ?> expectedMap) {
-		return multipartData(expectedMap, true);
+		return multipartData(expectedMap, DEFAULT_MULTIPART_ENCODING, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Variant of {@link #multipartData(MultiValueMap)} with a defaultCharset.
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 */
+	public RequestMatcher multipartData(MultiValueMap<String, ?> expectedMap, Charset defaultCharset) {
+		return multipartData(expectedMap, defaultCharset, true);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -221,13 +236,15 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 	public RequestMatcher multipartDataContains(Map<String, ?> expectedMap) {
 		MultiValueMap<String, Object> map = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>(expectedMap.size());
 		expectedMap.forEach(map::add);
-		return multipartData(map, false);
+		return multipartData(map, DEFAULT_MULTIPART_ENCODING, false);
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
-	private RequestMatcher multipartData(MultiValueMap<String, ?> expectedMap, boolean containsExactly) {
+	private RequestMatcher multipartData(
+			MultiValueMap<String, ?> expectedMap, Charset defaultCharset, boolean containsExactly) {
+
 		return request -> {
-			MultiValueMap<String, ?> actualMap = MultipartHelper.parse((MockClientHttpRequest) request);
+			MultiValueMap<String, ?> actualMap = MultipartHelper.parse((MockClientHttpRequest) request, defaultCharset);
 			if (containsExactly) {
 				assertEquals("Multipart request content: " + actualMap, expectedMap.size(), actualMap.size());
 			}
@@ -366,11 +383,11 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchers {
 
 	private static class MultipartHelper {
 
-		public static MultiValueMap<String, ?> parse(MockClientHttpRequest request) {
+		public static MultiValueMap<String, ?> parse(MockClientHttpRequest request, Charset defaultCharset) {
 			try {
 				FileUpload fileUpload = new FileUpload();
 				DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
-				factory.setDefaultCharset(DEFAULT_ENCODING);
+				factory.setDefaultCharset(defaultCharset.name());
 				fileUpload.setFileItemFactory(factory);
 
 				List<FileItem> fileItems = fileUpload.parseRequest(new UploadContext() {
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchersTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchersTests.java
index 83590894083..d4eef94bac5 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchersTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/client/match/ContentRequestMatchersTests.java
@@ -128,23 +128,25 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchersTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testMultipartData() throws Exception {
 		String contentType = "multipart/form-data;boundary=1234567890";
-		String body = "--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 1\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"vølue 1\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 2\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"value 🙂\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 3\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"value 漢字\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 4\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890--\r\n";
+		String body = """
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 1"\r
+				\r
+				vølue 1\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 2"\r
+				\r
+				value 🙂\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 3"\r
+				\r
+				value 漢字\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 4"\r
+				\r
+				\r
+				--1234567890--\r
+				""";
 
 		this.request.getHeaders().setContentType(MediaType.parseMediaType(contentType));
 		this.request.getBody().write(body.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
@@ -160,23 +162,25 @@ public class ContentRequestMatchersTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testMultipartDataContains() throws Exception {
 		String contentType = "multipart/form-data;boundary=1234567890";
-		String body = "--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 1\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"vølue 1\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 2\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"value 🙂\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 3\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"value 漢字\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890\r\n" +
-				"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name 4\"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"\r\n" +
-				"--1234567890--\r\n";
+		String body = """
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 1"\r
+				\r
+				vølue 1\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 2"\r
+				\r
+				value 🙂\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 3"\r
+				\r
+				value 漢字\r
+				--1234567890\r
+				Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name 4"\r
+				\r
+				\r
+				--1234567890--\r
+				""";
 
 		this.request.getHeaders().setContentType(MediaType.parseMediaType(contentType));
 		this.request.getBody().write(body.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));