diff --git a/models/activities/user_heatmap_test.go b/models/activities/user_heatmap_test.go
index 316ea7d76e..d62565a27c 100644
--- a/models/activities/user_heatmap_test.go
+++ b/models/activities/user_heatmap_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ func TestGetUserHeatmapDataByUser(t *testing.T) {
 		// Test JSON rendering
 		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(heatmap)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, tc.JSONResult, string(jsonData))
+		assert.JSONEq(t, tc.JSONResult, string(jsonData))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/models/project/column_test.go b/models/project/column_test.go
index b02a5b540f..fb6dc77126 100644
--- a/models/project/column_test.go
+++ b/models/project/column_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package project
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
@@ -124,5 +123,5 @@ func Test_NewColumn(t *testing.T) {
 		ProjectID: project1.ID,
 	})
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "maximum number of columns reached"))
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "maximum number of columns reached")
 }
diff --git a/modules/activitypub/client_test.go b/modules/activitypub/client_test.go
index 647a0a59d0..6a771b5a7b 100644
--- a/modules/activitypub/client_test.go
+++ b/modules/activitypub/client_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ func TestActivityPubSignedPost(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expected := "BODY"
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		assert.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile("^"+setting.Federation.DigestAlgorithm), r.Header.Get("Digest"))
+		assert.Regexp(t, "^"+setting.Federation.DigestAlgorithm, r.Header.Get("Digest"))
 		assert.Contains(t, r.Header.Get("Signature"), pubID)
 		assert.Equal(t, ActivityStreamsContentType, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
diff --git a/modules/lfs/http_client_test.go b/modules/lfs/http_client_test.go
index 534a445310..c9415e7d61 100644
--- a/modules/lfs/http_client_test.go
+++ b/modules/lfs/http_client_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil
 		})
 		if len(c.expectederror) > 0 {
-			assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.expectederror), "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
+			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expectederror, "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
 		} else {
 			require.NoError(t, err, "case %d", n)
 		}
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientUpload(t *testing.T) {
 			return io.NopCloser(new(bytes.Buffer)), objectError
 		})
 		if len(c.expectederror) > 0 {
-			assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.expectederror), "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
+			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expectederror, "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
 		} else {
 			require.NoError(t, err, "case %d", n)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/lfs/transferadapter_test.go b/modules/lfs/transferadapter_test.go
index 0766e4a0a9..0d663d71f6 100644
--- a/modules/lfs/transferadapter_test.go
+++ b/modules/lfs/transferadapter_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestBasicTransferAdapter(t *testing.T) {
 		for n, c := range cases {
 			_, err := a.Download(context.Background(), c.link)
 			if len(c.expectederror) > 0 {
-				assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.expectederror), "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expectederror, "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err, "case %d", n)
 			}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestBasicTransferAdapter(t *testing.T) {
 		for n, c := range cases {
 			err := a.Upload(context.Background(), c.link, p, bytes.NewBufferString("dummy"))
 			if len(c.expectederror) > 0 {
-				assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.expectederror), "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expectederror, "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err, "case %d", n)
 			}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestBasicTransferAdapter(t *testing.T) {
 		for n, c := range cases {
 			err := a.Verify(context.Background(), c.link, p)
 			if len(c.expectederror) > 0 {
-				assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.expectederror), "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expectederror, "case %d: '%s' should contain '%s'", n, err.Error(), c.expectederror)
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err, "case %d", n)
 			}
diff --git a/modules/setting/storage_test.go b/modules/setting/storage_test.go
index 271607914c..59135b5911 100644
--- a/modules/setting/storage_test.go
+++ b/modules/setting/storage_test.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ MINIO_BASE_PATH = /lfs
 	require.NoError(t, loadLFSFrom(cfg))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "my_access_key", LFS.Storage.MinioConfig.AccessKeyID)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "my_secret_key", LFS.Storage.MinioConfig.SecretAccessKey)
-	assert.True(t, true, LFS.Storage.MinioConfig.UseSSL)
+	assert.True(t, LFS.Storage.MinioConfig.UseSSL)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "/lfs", LFS.Storage.MinioConfig.BasePath)
 
 	cfg, err = NewConfigProviderFromData(`
diff --git a/modules/util/keypair_test.go b/modules/util/keypair_test.go
index ec9bca7efa..6c05db779a 100644
--- a/modules/util/keypair_test.go
+++ b/modules/util/keypair_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
-	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ func TestKeygen(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, priv)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, pub)
 
-	assert.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile("^-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----.*"), priv)
-	assert.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile("^-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----.*"), pub)
+	assert.Regexp(t, "^-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----.*", priv)
+	assert.Regexp(t, "^-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----.*", pub)
 }
 
 func TestSignUsingKeys(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/services/repository/contributors_graph_test.go b/services/repository/contributors_graph_test.go
index 8cfe69d284..3f8d614501 100644
--- a/services/repository/contributors_graph_test.go
+++ b/services/repository/contributors_graph_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestRepository_ContributorsGraph(t *testing.T) {
 	dataString, isData := mockCache.Get("key2").(string)
 	assert.True(t, isData)
 	// Verify that JSON is actually stored in the cache.
-	assert.EqualValues(t, `{"ethantkoenig@gmail.com":{"name":"Ethan Koenig","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b42fb195faa8c61b8d88abfefe30e9e3?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1511654400000":{"week":1511654400000,"additions":3,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"jimmy.praet@telenet.be":{"name":"Jimmy Praet","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93c49b7c89eb156971d11161c9b52795?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1624752000000":{"week":1624752000000,"additions":2,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"jon@allspice.io":{"name":"Jon","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00388ce725e6886f3e07c3733007289b?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1607817600000":{"week":1607817600000,"additions":10,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"total":{"name":"Total","login":"","avatar_link":"","home_link":"","total_commits":3,"weeks":{"1511654400000":{"week":1511654400000,"additions":3,"deletions":0,"commits":1},"1607817600000":{"week":1607817600000,"additions":10,"deletions":0,"commits":1},"1624752000000":{"week":1624752000000,"additions":2,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}}}`, dataString)
+	assert.JSONEq(t, `{"ethantkoenig@gmail.com":{"name":"Ethan Koenig","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b42fb195faa8c61b8d88abfefe30e9e3?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1511654400000":{"week":1511654400000,"additions":3,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"jimmy.praet@telenet.be":{"name":"Jimmy Praet","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93c49b7c89eb156971d11161c9b52795?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1624752000000":{"week":1624752000000,"additions":2,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"jon@allspice.io":{"name":"Jon","login":"","avatar_link":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00388ce725e6886f3e07c3733007289b?d=identicon","home_link":"","total_commits":1,"weeks":{"1607817600000":{"week":1607817600000,"additions":10,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}},"total":{"name":"Total","login":"","avatar_link":"","home_link":"","total_commits":3,"weeks":{"1511654400000":{"week":1511654400000,"additions":3,"deletions":0,"commits":1},"1607817600000":{"week":1607817600000,"additions":10,"deletions":0,"commits":1},"1624752000000":{"week":1624752000000,"additions":2,"deletions":0,"commits":1}}}}`, dataString)
 
 	var data map[string]*ContributorData
 	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(dataString), &data))
diff --git a/tests/integration/compare_test.go b/tests/integration/compare_test.go
index c65335c469..a6f994835b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/compare_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/compare_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestCompareTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/compare/invalid")
 	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNotFound)
-	assert.False(t, strings.Contains(resp.Body.String(), ">500<"), "expect 404 page not 500")
+	assert.NotContains(t, resp.Body.String(), ">500<", "expect 404 page not 500")
 }
 
 // Compare with inferred default branch (master)
diff --git a/tests/integration/last_updated_time_test.go b/tests/integration/last_updated_time_test.go
index 1d9240a31f..aefcec5cc7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/last_updated_time_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/last_updated_time_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestBranchLastUpdatedTime(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		buf := ""
 		findTextNonNested(t, node, &buf)
-		assert.True(t, strings.Contains(buf, "Updated"))
+		assert.Contains(t, buf, "Updated")
 	}
 
 	{
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_test.go
index d17456e0fa..229a13f3f8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_test.go
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ func TestRepoFollowSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 		symlinkURL, ok := htmlDoc.Find(".file-actions .button[data-kind='follow-symlink']").Attr("href")
 		if shouldExist {
 			assert.True(t, ok)
-			assert.EqualValues(t, expectedSymlinkURL, symlinkURL)
+			assert.Equal(t, expectedSymlinkURL, symlinkURL)
 		} else {
 			assert.False(t, ok)
 		}