diff --git a/astra/pom.xml b/astra/pom.xml
index d0292c95e2..a7b0e15a60 100644
--- a/astra/pom.xml
+++ b/astra/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <curator.version>5.6.0</curator.version>
         <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.25.37</aws.sdk.version>
-        <error.prone.version>2.23.0</error.prone.version>
+        <error.prone.version>2.26.1</error.prone.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit.jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetMetadataTest.java b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetMetadataTest.java
index ef193ff9d1..c65e4ddda5 100644
--- a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetMetadataTest.java
+++ b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetMetadataTest.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
     DatasetMetadata datasetMetadata5 =
         new DatasetMetadata(name, owner, throughputBytes, Collections.emptyList(), name);
 
-    assertThat(datasetMetadata1).isEqualTo(datasetMetadata1);
     assertThat(datasetMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetMetadata2);
     assertThat(datasetMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetMetadata3);
     assertThat(datasetMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetMetadata4);
diff --git a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetPartitionMetadataTest.java b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetPartitionMetadataTest.java
index a7ed0ca82d..e2a6984a51 100644
--- a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetPartitionMetadataTest.java
+++ b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/dataset/DatasetPartitionMetadataTest.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
         new DatasetPartitionMetadata(
             start.toEpochMilli(), end.toEpochMilli(), Collections.emptyList());
 
-    assertThat(datasetPartitionMetadata1).isEqualTo(datasetPartitionMetadata1);
     assertThat(datasetPartitionMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetPartitionMetadata2);
     assertThat(datasetPartitionMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetPartitionMetadata3);
     assertThat(datasetPartitionMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(datasetPartitionMetadata4);
diff --git a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/schema/ChunkSchemaTest.java b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/schema/ChunkSchemaTest.java
index f29ce409b4..06eff67074 100644
--- a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/schema/ChunkSchemaTest.java
+++ b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/schema/ChunkSchemaTest.java
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ public void testChunkSchemaEqualsHashCode() {
     metadataMap2.put("m2", "v2");
     final ChunkSchema chunkSchema6 = new ChunkSchema(schemaName, fieldDefMap2, metadataMap2);
 
-    assertThat(chunkSchema1).isEqualTo(chunkSchema1);
-    assertThat(chunkSchema3).isEqualTo(chunkSchema3);
     assertThat(chunkSchema1).isNotEqualTo(chunkSchema2);
     assertThat(chunkSchema1).isNotEqualTo(chunkSchema3);
     assertThat(chunkSchema1).isNotEqualTo(chunkSchema4);
diff --git a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/search/SearchMetadataTest.java b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/search/SearchMetadataTest.java
index 7d10aaff50..a25082dee3 100644
--- a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/search/SearchMetadataTest.java
+++ b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/search/SearchMetadataTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
     SearchMetadata searchMetadata1 = new SearchMetadata(name, snapshotName, url);
     SearchMetadata searchMetadata2 = new SearchMetadata(name + "2", snapshotName, url);
 
-    assertThat(searchMetadata1).isEqualTo(searchMetadata1);
     assertThat(searchMetadata1).isNotEqualTo(searchMetadata2);
 
     Set<SearchMetadata> set = new HashSet<>();
diff --git a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/snapshot/SnapshotMetadataTest.java b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/snapshot/SnapshotMetadataTest.java
index 26ed7ec9cc..cb1634dc96 100644
--- a/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/snapshot/SnapshotMetadataTest.java
+++ b/astra/src/test/java/com/slack/astra/metadata/snapshot/SnapshotMetadataTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
         new SnapshotMetadata(
             name + "2", path, startTime, endTime, maxOffset, partitionId, LOGS_LUCENE9);
 
-    assertThat(snapshot1).isEqualTo(snapshot1);
     // Ensure the name field from super class is included.
     assertThat(snapshot1).isNotEqualTo(snapshot2);
     Set<SnapshotMetadata> set = new HashSet<>();