diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py b/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
index a3eb0b0578c..078672c3c62 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class AuthServiceProxy():
             else:
                 return response['result']
         else:
-            assert response['jsonrpc'] == '2.0'
+            from .util import assert_equal
+            assert_equal(response['jsonrpc'], '2.0')
             if status != HTTPStatus.OK:
                 raise JSONRPCException({
                     'code': -342, 'message': 'non-200 HTTP status code'}, status)
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_bumpfee.py b/test/functional/wallet_bumpfee.py
index 4a6c45e746f..80735e01dd1 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_bumpfee.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_bumpfee.py
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ def test_simple_bumpfee_succeeds(self, mode, rbf_node, peer_node, dest_address):
     assert_equal(bumpedwtx["replaces_txid"], rbfid)
     # if this is a new_outputs test, check that outputs were indeed replaced
     if mode == "new_outputs":
-        assert len(bumpedwtx["details"]) == 1
-        assert bumpedwtx["details"][0]["address"] == new_address
+        assert_equal(len(bumpedwtx["details"]), 1)
+        assert_equal(bumpedwtx["details"][0]["address"], new_address)
     self.clear_mempool()