diff --git a/json-serde/src/test/java/org/openx/data/jsonserde/JsonSerDeTest.java b/json-serde/src/test/java/org/openx/data/jsonserde/JsonSerDeTest.java
index b493e72b..48a0af39 100644
--- a/json-serde/src/test/java/org/openx/data/jsonserde/JsonSerDeTest.java
+++ b/json-serde/src/test/java/org/openx/data/jsonserde/JsonSerDeTest.java
@@ -676,7 +676,10 @@ public void testExplicitNullValue() throws SerDeException, IOException {
         assertTrue(soi.getStructFieldData(res, soi.getStructFieldRef("stringCol")).equals("str"));
         assertNull(soi.getStructFieldData(res, soi.getStructFieldRef("nullCol")));
         assertNull(soi.getStructFieldData(res, soi.getStructFieldRef("missingCol")));
-        assertEquals(jsonStr,"{\"nullCol\":null,\"stringCol\":\"str\",\"missingCol\":null}");
+
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"nullCol\":null"));
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"stringCol\":\"str\""));
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"missingCol\":null"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -708,6 +711,9 @@ public void testNestedExplicitNullValue() throws SerDeException, IOException {
 
         assertNull(soi.getStructFieldData(res, soi.getStructFieldRef("missingStructCol")));
 
-        assertEquals(jsonStr,"{\"missingStructCol\":null,\"structCol\":{\"name\":\"myName\"},\"structNullCol\":{\"name\":null}}");
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"missingStructCol\":null"));
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"structCol\":{\"name\":\"myName\"}"));
+        assertTrue(jsonStr.contains("\"structNullCol\":{\"name\":null}"));
+
     }
 }