Java String replace * with ^

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String firstString = "This sentence ends in 5 stars *****";
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    System.out.printf("Original String 1: %s\n", firstString);

    // replace '*' with '^'
    firstString = firstString.replaceAll("\\*", "^");

  }
}