diff --git a/tests/cases/REST/Miniflux/TestToken.php b/tests/cases/REST/Miniflux/TestToken.php
index 39978077..484d9b24 100644
--- a/tests/cases/REST/Miniflux/TestToken.php
+++ b/tests/cases/REST/Miniflux/TestToken.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TestToken extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Test\AbstractTest {
         $this->assertSame("RANDOM TOKEN", $this->prepTest()->tokenGenerate("ook", "Eek"));
         $this->dbMock->tokenCreate->calledWith("ook", "miniflux.login", "~", null, "Eek");
         $token = $this->dbMock->tokenCreate->firstCall()->argument(2);
-        $this->assertRegExp("/^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{43}=$/", $token);
+        $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression("/^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{43}=$/", $token);
     }
 
     public function testListTheTokensOfAUser(): void {
diff --git a/tests/lib/AbstractTest.php b/tests/lib/AbstractTest.php
index 1eb1b2e3..5d9eb5e7 100644
--- a/tests/lib/AbstractTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/AbstractTest.php
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ abstract class AbstractTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
         return $req;
     }
 
+    public static function assertMatchesRegularExpression(string $pattern, string $string, string $message = ''): void {
+        if (method_exists(parent::class, "assertMatchesRegularExpression")) {
+            parent::assertMatchesRegularExpression($pattern, $string, $message);
+        } else {
+            parent::assertRegExp($pattern, $string, $message);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function assertException($msg = "", string $prefix = "", string $type = "Exception"): void {
         if (func_num_args()) {
             if ($msg instanceof \JKingWeb\Arsse\AbstractException) {
@@ -334,7 +342,7 @@ abstract class AbstractTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
             }
             // compare the result set to the expectations
             foreach ($rows as $row) {
-                $this->assertContains($row, $expected, "Result set contains unexpected record.");
+                $this->assertEquals($row, $expected, "Result set contains unexpected record.");
                 $found = array_search($row, $expected);
                 unset($expected[$found]);
             }