diff --git a/src/font/face/coretext.zig b/src/font/face/coretext.zig
index bb9a472d2..cde50ab37 100644
--- a/src/font/face/coretext.zig
+++ b/src/font/face/coretext.zig
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ test "name" {
 
     var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
     const font_name = try face.name(&buf);
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, font_name, "Menlo"));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(font_name, "Menlo");
 }
 
 test "emoji" {
diff --git a/src/terminal/UTF8Decoder.zig b/src/terminal/UTF8Decoder.zig
index 6bb0d9815..716dac409 100644
--- a/src/terminal/UTF8Decoder.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/UTF8Decoder.zig
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ test "ASCII" {
         }
     }
 
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, &out, "Hello, World!"));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(&out, "Hello, World!");
 }
 
 test "Well formed utf-8" {
diff --git a/src/terminal/osc.zig b/src/terminal/osc.zig
index 7875f2037..7619c82c1 100644
--- a/src/terminal/osc.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/osc.zig
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ test "OSC: get/set clipboard" {
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .clipboard_contents);
     try testing.expect(cmd.clipboard_contents.kind == 's');
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data);
 }
 
 test "OSC: get/set clipboard (optional parameter)" {
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ test "OSC: get/set clipboard (optional parameter)" {
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .clipboard_contents);
     try testing.expect(cmd.clipboard_contents.kind == 'c');
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data);
 }
 
 test "OSC: get/set clipboard with allocator" {
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ test "OSC: get/set clipboard with allocator" {
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .clipboard_contents);
     try testing.expect(cmd.clipboard_contents.kind == 's');
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("?", cmd.clipboard_contents.data);
 }
 
 test "OSC: clear clipboard" {
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ test "OSC: clear clipboard" {
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .clipboard_contents);
     try testing.expect(cmd.clipboard_contents.kind == 'c');
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "", cmd.clipboard_contents.data));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("", cmd.clipboard_contents.data);
 }
 
 test "OSC: report pwd" {
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ test "OSC: report pwd" {
 
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .report_pwd);
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "file:///tmp/example", cmd.report_pwd.value));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("file:///tmp/example", cmd.report_pwd.value);
 }
 
 test "OSC: report pwd empty" {
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ test "OSC: report pwd empty" {
     for (input) |ch| p.next(ch);
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .report_pwd);
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "", cmd.report_pwd.value));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("", cmd.report_pwd.value);
 }
 
 test "OSC: pointer cursor" {
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ test "OSC: pointer cursor" {
 
     const cmd = p.end(null).?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .mouse_shape);
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "pointer", cmd.mouse_shape.value));
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("pointer", cmd.mouse_shape.value);
 }
 
 test "OSC: longer than buffer" {