diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/VarTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/VarTest.java
index 922c973ee..7f1e1e205 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/VarTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/VarTest.java
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ public void testVars() {
         assertEquals("value-2-1", var21.getValue(), "var-2-1 value is wrong");
         assertEquals("jstype-2-1", var21.getJsType(), "var-2-1 jstype is wrong");
         assertTrue(var21.isResource(), "var-2-1 resource is false");
-        assertEquals(var21.getBundle(), "bundle-2-1", "var-2-1 bundle is wrong");
+        assertEquals("bundle-2-1", var21.getBundle(), "var-2-1 bundle is wrong");
 
         // Get var-2-2
         final Var var22 = field2.getVar("var-2-2");
         assertNotNull(var22, "var-2-2 is null.");
-        assertEquals(var22.getName(), "var-2-2", "var-2-2 name is wrong");
-        assertEquals(var22.getValue(), "value-2-2", "var-2-2 value is wrong");
+        assertEquals("var-2-2", var22.getName(), "var-2-2 name is wrong");
+        assertEquals("value-2-2", var22.getValue(), "var-2-2 value is wrong");
         assertNull(var22.getJsType(), "var-2-2 jstype is not null");
         assertFalse(var22.isResource(), "var-2-2 resource is true");
-        assertEquals(var22.getBundle(), "bundle-2-2", "var-2-2 bundle is wrong");
+        assertEquals("bundle-2-2", var22.getBundle(), "var-2-2 bundle is wrong");
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/RegexValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/RegexValidatorTest.java
index 71f9004cb..1275ce24c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/RegexValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/RegexValidatorTest.java
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ public void testSingle() {
         assertFalse(insensitive.isValid("ABd-de-1"), "Insensitive isValid() invalid");
 
         // validate()
-        assertEquals(sensitive.validate("ac-DE-1"), "acDE1", "Sensitive validate() valid");
+        assertEquals("acDE1", sensitive.validate("ac-DE-1"), "Sensitive validate() valid");
         assertNull(sensitive.validate("AB-de-1"), "Sensitive validate() invalid");
-        assertEquals(insensitive.validate("AB-de-1"), "ABde1", "Insensitive validate() valid");
+        assertEquals("ABde1", insensitive.validate("AB-de-1"), "Insensitive validate() valid");
         assertNull(insensitive.validate("ABd-de-1"), "Insensitive validate() invalid");
 
         // match()
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public void testSingle() {
         checkArray("Sensitive match() invalid", null, sensitive.match("AB-de-1"));
         checkArray("Insensitive match() valid", new String[] { "AB", "de", "1" }, insensitive.match("AB-de-1"));
         checkArray("Insensitive match() invalid", null, insensitive.match("ABd-de-1"));
-        assertEquals(new RegexValidator("^([A-Z]*)$").validate("ABC"), "ABC", "validate one");
+        assertEquals("ABC", new RegexValidator("^([A-Z]*)$").validate("ABC"), "validate one");
         checkArray("match one", new String[] { "ABC" }, new RegexValidator("^([A-Z]*)$").match("ABC"));
     }
 
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ public void testSingle() {
     @Test
     public void testToString() {
         final RegexValidator single = new RegexValidator(REGEX);
-        assertEquals(single.toString(), "RegexValidator{" + REGEX + "}", "Single");
+        assertEquals("RegexValidator{" + REGEX + "}", single.toString(), "Single");
 
         final RegexValidator multiple = new RegexValidator(REGEX, REGEX);
-        assertEquals(multiple.toString(), "RegexValidator{" + REGEX + "," + REGEX + "}", "Multiple");
+        assertEquals("RegexValidator{" + REGEX + "," + REGEX + "}", multiple.toString(), "Multiple");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/checkdigit/ISBNCheckDigitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/checkdigit/ISBNCheckDigitTest.java
index de954703a..998c505a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/checkdigit/ISBNCheckDigitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/checkdigit/ISBNCheckDigitTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public void testInvalidLength() {
         assertFalse(routine.isValid("12345678901234"), "isValid() Lth 14");
 
         Exception e = assertThrows(CheckDigitException.class, () -> routine.calculate("12345678"), "calculate() Lth 8");
-        assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Invalid ISBN Length = 8", "calculate() Lth 8");
+        assertEquals("Invalid ISBN Length = 8", e.getMessage(), "calculate() Lth 8");
 
         e = assertThrows(CheckDigitException.class, () -> routine.calculate("1234567890"), "calculate() Lth 10");
         assertEquals("Invalid ISBN Length = 10", e.getMessage(), "calculate() Lth 10");