diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index b0fcb10..5a61260 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Tests to update patterns instead of exact matches
 - Refactored to `cbMockData` namespace
 
 ## [3.7.0] => 2024-MAY-09
diff --git a/test-harness/tests/specs/MockDataTest.cfc b/test-harness/tests/specs/MockDataTest.cfc
index f93ef2f..7119968 100644
--- a/test-harness/tests/specs/MockDataTest.cfc
+++ b/test-harness/tests/specs/MockDataTest.cfc
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ component extends="coldbox.system.testing.BaseTestCase" appMapping="root" {
 
 			it( "can generate ssn", function(){
 				var r = cbMockData.mock( ssn = "ssn" );
-				expect( r[ 1 ].ssn ).toBeSSN();
+				// Expect to match the pattern xxx-xx-xxxx, safer since it's mock data
+				expect( r[ 1 ].ssn ).toMatch( "^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$" );
 			} );
 
 			it( "can generate telephones", function(){