diff --git a/cli/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go b/cli/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
index afb749a11e..2408f882ab 100644
--- a/cli/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
+++ b/cli/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestRunner(t *testing.T) {
 
 	yamlPath, err := os.ReadFile(yamlPathFile)
 	require.NoError(err)
-	assert.Equal(expectedYAMLPath, string(yamlPath))
+	assert.YAMLEq(expectedYAMLPath, string(yamlPath))
 
 	require.NoError(r.Teardown())
 }
diff --git a/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go b/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
index ed3ad07c36..8b79e1547d 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ func (ct *ContrastTest) Init(t *testing.T, resources []any) {
 	require := require.New(t)
 
 	f, err := os.Open(ct.ImageReplacementsFile)
-	require.NoError(err, fmt.Sprintf("Image replacements %s file not found", ct.ImageReplacementsFile))
+	require.NoError(err, "Image replacements %s file not found", ct.ImageReplacementsFile)
 	ct.ImageReplacements, err = kuberesource.ImageReplacementsFromFile(f)
-	require.NoError(err, fmt.Sprintf("Parsing image replacements from %s failed", ct.ImageReplacementsFile))
+	require.NoError(err, "Parsing image replacements from %s failed", ct.ImageReplacementsFile)
 
 	// If available, acquire a fifo ticket to synchronize cluster access with
 	// other running e2e tests. We request a ticket and wait for our turn.