diff --git a/app/viam_client_test.go b/app/viam_client_test.go
index e644d5dbda2..51a624371cd 100644
--- a/app/viam_client_test.go
+++ b/app/viam_client_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestNewAppClients(t *testing.T) {
 	// Testing that a second call to DataClient() returns the same instance
 	dataClient2 := client.DataClient()
 	test.That(t, dataClient2, test.ShouldNotBeNil)
-	test.That(t, dataClient, test.ShouldResemble, dataClient2)
+	test.That(t, dataClient, test.ShouldEqual, dataClient2)
 
 	appClient := client.AppClient()
 	test.That(t, appClient, test.ShouldNotBeNil)
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@ func TestNewAppClients(t *testing.T) {
 	// Testing that a second call to AppClient() returns the same instance
 	appClient2 := client.AppClient()
 	test.That(t, appClient2, test.ShouldNotBeNil)
-	test.That(t, appClient, test.ShouldResemble, appClient2)
+	test.That(t, appClient, test.ShouldEqual, appClient2)
 }