diff --git a/Tests/SemanticVersionTests/SemanticVersionTests.swift b/Tests/SemanticVersionTests/SemanticVersionTests.swift
index ba26755..a3ad6c6 100644
--- a/Tests/SemanticVersionTests/SemanticVersionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SemanticVersionTests/SemanticVersionTests.swift
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ final class SemanticVersionTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0) < SemanticVersion(1, 1, 0))
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0) < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 1))
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a") < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "b"))
-        XCTAssertLessThan(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "alpha.2"), SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "alpha.11"))
-        XCTAssertLessThan(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "alpha.2"), SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "alpha.2.1"))
+        XCTAssertFalse(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "a") < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "b"))
 
         // ensure betas come before releases
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "b1") < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0))
@@ -135,10 +134,8 @@ final class SemanticVersionTests: XCTestCase {
         // once the patch bumps up to the beta level again, it sorts higher
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 1) > SemanticVersion(1, 0, 1, "b1"))
 
-        // Ensure metadata is not considered
-        XCTAssertFalse(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "a") < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "b"))
-        XCTAssertFalse(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "a") > SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "b"))
-        XCTAssertLessThan(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "alpha", "build1"), SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "", "build1"))
+        // Ensure a release with build metadata sorts above a pre-release
+        XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 1, "alpha") < SemanticVersion(1, 0, 1, "", "build.14"))
     }
 
     func test_isStable() throws {
@@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ final class SemanticVersionTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssert(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "", "").isStable)
         XCTAssertFalse(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a").isStable)
         XCTAssertTrue(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "", "a").isStable)
-        XCTAssertFalse(SemanticVersion(1, 0, 0, "a", "b").isStable)
     }
 
     func test_isMajorRelease() throws {