diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingValues4229Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingValues4229Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b06d08230..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingValues4229Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BaseMapTest.jsonMapperBuilder;
-import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BaseTest.a2q;
-
-// [databind#4229] JsonNode findValues and findParents missing expected values
-public class MissingValues4229Test
-{
-
-    private final String JSON = a2q("{"
-            + "    'target': 'target1'," // Found in <= 2.15.3 and 2.16.0
-            + "    'object1': {"
-            + "        'target': 'target2' " // Found in <= 2.15.3, but not in 2.16.0
-            + "    },"
-            + "    'object2': {"
-            + "        'target': { " // Found in <= 2.15.3, but not in 2.16.0
-            + "            'target': 'ignoredAsParentIsTarget'" // Expect not to be found (as sub-tree search ends when parent is found)
-            + "        }"
-            + "    }"
-            + "}");
-
-    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = jsonMapperBuilder()
-            .configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_COMMENTS, true)
-            .build();
-
-    @Test
-    public void testFindValues() throws Exception
-    {
-        JsonNode rootNode = objectMapper.readTree(JSON);
-
-        List<JsonNode> expectedNodes = new ArrayList<>();
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at("/target"));
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at("/object1/target"));
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at("/object2/target"));
-
-        List<JsonNode> actualNodes = rootNode.findValues("target");
-
-        Assertions.assertEquals(expectedNodes, actualNodes);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testFindParents() throws Exception
-    {
-        JsonNode rootNode = objectMapper.readTree(JSON);
-
-        List<JsonNode> expectedNodes = new ArrayList<>();
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at(""));
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at("/object1"));
-        expectedNodes.add(rootNode.at("/object2"));
-
-        List<JsonNode> foundNodes = rootNode.findParents("target");
-
-        Assertions.assertEquals(expectedNodes, foundNodes);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestFindMethods.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestFindMethods.java
index fcecb29063..020c11e7ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestFindMethods.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestFindMethods.java
@@ -4,13 +4,32 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BaseMapTest;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class TestFindMethods
     extends BaseMapTest
 {
+    private final String JSON_SAMPLE = "{ \"a\" : { \"value\" : 3 },"
+            +"\"array\" : [ { \"b\" : 3 }, {\"value\" : 42}, { \"other\" : true } ]"
+            +"}";
+    
+    private final String JSON_4229 = a2q("{"
+            + "    'target': 'target1'," // Found in <= 2.15.3 and 2.16.0
+            + "    'object1': {"
+            + "        'target': 'target2' " // Found in <= 2.15.3, but not in 2.16.0
+            + "    },"
+            + "    'object2': {"
+            + "        'target': { " // Found in <= 2.15.3, but not in 2.16.0
+            + "            'target': 'ignoredAsParentIsTarget'" // Expect not to be found (as sub-tree search ends when parent is found)
+            + "        }"
+            + "    }"
+            + "}");
+
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
+
     public void testNonMatching() throws Exception
     {
-        JsonNode root = _buildTree();
+        JsonNode root = MAPPER.readTree(JSON_SAMPLE);
 
         assertNull(root.findValue("boogaboo"));
         assertNull(root.findParent("boogaboo"));
@@ -24,7 +43,7 @@ public void testNonMatching() throws Exception
 
     public void testMatchingSingle() throws Exception
     {
-        JsonNode root = _buildTree();
+        JsonNode root = MAPPER.readTree(JSON_SAMPLE);
 
         JsonNode node = root.findValue("b");
         assertNotNull(node);
@@ -38,7 +57,7 @@ public void testMatchingSingle() throws Exception
 
     public void testMatchingMultiple() throws Exception
     {
-        JsonNode root = _buildTree();
+        JsonNode root = MAPPER.readTree(JSON_SAMPLE);
 
         List<JsonNode> nodes = root.findValues("value");
         assertEquals(2, nodes.size());
@@ -61,11 +80,25 @@ public void testMatchingMultiple() throws Exception
         assertEquals("42", values.get(1));
     }
 
-    private JsonNode _buildTree() throws Exception
+    // [databind#4229]: regression in 2.16.0
+    public void testFindValues4229() throws Exception
     {
-        final String SAMPLE = "{ \"a\" : { \"value\" : 3 },"
-            +"\"array\" : [ { \"b\" : 3 }, {\"value\" : 42}, { \"other\" : true } ]"
-            +"}";
-        return objectMapper().readTree(SAMPLE);
+        JsonNode rootNode = MAPPER.readTree(JSON_4229);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(
+                rootNode.at("/target"),
+                rootNode.at("/object1/target"),
+                rootNode.at("/object2/target")),
+                rootNode.findValues("target"));
+    }
+
+    // [databind#4229]: regression in 2.16.0
+    public void testFindParents4229() throws Exception
+    {
+        JsonNode rootNode = MAPPER.readTree(JSON_4229);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(
+                rootNode,
+                rootNode.at("/object1"),
+                rootNode.at("/object2")),
+            rootNode.findParents("target"));
     }
 }