diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
index ac02b26dfe..c7058d7b6b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ public void testAssumeYesDoesNotInitializeClusterMode() throws IOException {
         installer.assumeyes = true;
         securitySettingsConfigurer.writeSecurityConfigToOpenSearchYML();
 
-        assertThat(isKeyPresentInYMLFile(installer.OPENSEARCH_CONF_FILE, str1), is(equalTo(false)));
-        assertThat(isKeyPresentInYMLFile(installer.OPENSEARCH_CONF_FILE, str2), is(equalTo(false)));
+        assertThat(isKeyPresentInYMLFile(installer.OPENSEARCH_CONF_FILE, str1), is(false));
+        assertThat(isKeyPresentInYMLFile(installer.OPENSEARCH_CONF_FILE, str2), is(false));
     }
 
     @Test