diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
index 6311421551..92ea6bbd91 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ class CacheSessionTests(SessionTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_load_overlong_key(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             self.session._session_key = (string.ascii_letters + string.digits) * 20
             self.assertEqual(self.session.load(), {})
             self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/logging_tests/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/logging_tests/tests.py
index e4c045b9d8..887897a16f 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/logging_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/logging_tests/tests.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class PatchLoggingConfigTest(TestCase):
         config = copy.deepcopy(OLD_LOGGING)
 
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             compat_patch_logging_config(config)
             self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
index cf4c58b1f9..5c49afbc35 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/requests/tests.py
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ class RequestsTests(unittest.TestCase):
                                'wsgi.input': ExplodingStringIO(payload)})
 
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             with self.assertRaises(UnreadablePostError):
                 request.raw_post_data
             self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/text.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/text.py
index e749ccfbe6..ad65ec89ee 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/text.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/text.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class TestUtilsText(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_old_truncate_words(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             self.assertEqual(u'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.',
                 text.truncate_words(u'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.', 10))
             self.assertEqual(u'The quick brown fox ...',
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ class TestUtilsText(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_old_truncate_html_words(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             self.assertEqual(u'<p><strong><em>The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.</em></strong></p>',
                 text.truncate_html_words('<p><strong><em>The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.</em></strong></p>', 10))
             self.assertEqual(u'<p><strong><em>The quick brown fox ...</em></strong></p>',