diff --git a/pkg/appmgmt/general/metadata_test.go b/pkg/appmgmt/general/metadata_test.go
index 9d8a43cca..c3cf45b5a 100644
--- a/pkg/appmgmt/general/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/appmgmt/general/metadata_test.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestGetAppMetadata(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen
 	assert.Equal(t, app.User, constants.DefaultUser)
 	assert.Equal(t, app.Tags["application.stateaware.disable"], "true")
 	assert.Equal(t, app.Tags["namespace"], "app-namespace-01")
-	assert.DeepEqual(t, len(app.TaskGroups), 0)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(app.TaskGroups), 0)
 	assert.Equal(t, app.SchedulingPolicyParameters.GetGangSchedulingStyle(), "Hard")
 
 	pod = v1.Pod{
diff --git a/pkg/cache/application_test.go b/pkg/cache/application_test.go
index 49f882f58..d4c7ebf40 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/application_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/application_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package cache
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ func TestNewApplication(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, len(app.taskMap), 0)
 	assert.Equal(t, app.GetApplicationState(), ApplicationStates().New)
 	assert.Equal(t, app.queue, "root.queue")
-	assert.Assert(t, reflect.DeepEqual(app.groups, []string{"dev", "yunikorn"}))
+	assert.DeepEqual(t, app.groups, []string{"dev", "yunikorn"})
 }
 
 func TestSubmitApplication(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/common/utils/utils_test.go b/pkg/common/utils/utils_test.go
index 35ee7a3ad..729467548 100644
--- a/pkg/common/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ func TestGetUserFromPodLabel(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			userID, _ := GetUserFromPod(tc.pod)
-			assert.DeepEqual(t, userID, tc.expectedUser)
+			assert.Equal(t, userID, tc.expectedUser)
 			// The order of test cases is allowed to impact other test case.
 			conf.UserLabelKey = constants.DefaultUserLabel
 		})
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ func TestGzipCompressedConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 		{Data: map[string]string{conf.CMSvcClusterID: "new"}, BinaryData: map[string][]byte{"queues.yaml.gz": encodedConfigString}},
 	})
 	config := GetCoreSchedulerConfigFromConfigMap(confMap)
-	assert.DeepEqual(t, configs.DefaultSchedulerConfig, config)
+	assert.Equal(t, configs.DefaultSchedulerConfig, config)
 }
 
 func TestGetExtraConfigFromConfigMapNil(t *testing.T) {