diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 80393533..5436ace6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 buildscript {
-	ext.kotlinVersion = '1.2.31'
+	ext.kotlinVersion = '1.2.40'
 	repositories {
 		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }
 	}
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
 	targetCompatibility=1.8
 
 	ext {
+		assertjVersion = '3.9.1'
+		assertkVersion = '0.10'
 		hamcrestVersion = '1.3'
 		jackson2Version = '2.9.5'
 		junit4Version = '4.12'
@@ -258,7 +260,9 @@ project('spring-rabbit') {
 
 		testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlinVersion"
 		testRuntime "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
-
+		testCompile("com.willowtreeapps.assertk:assertk:$assertkVersion") {
+			exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-reflect'
+		}
 		testCompile project(":spring-rabbit-junit")
 	}
 
@@ -283,6 +287,7 @@ project('spring-rabbit-junit') {
 		}
 		compile "org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
 		compile ("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitJupiterVersion", optional)
+		compile "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 		compileOnly 'org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:1.0.0'
 
 		testRuntime "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:$log4jVersion"
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests.java
index 0282421e..5a08274e 100755
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests {
 			Thread.sleep(10L);
 			result = (String) template.receiveAndConvert(ROUTE);
 		}
-		assertEquals("message", result);
+		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("message");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests {
 		template.setChannelTransacted(true);
 		template.convertAndSend(ROUTE, "message");
 		String result = (String) template.receiveAndConvert(ROUTE);
-		assertEquals("message", result);
+		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("message");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class RabbitTemplatePerformanceIntegrationTests {
 		});
 		template.convertAndSend(ROUTE, "message");
 		String result = (String) template.receiveAndConvert(ROUTE);
-		assertEquals("message", result);
+		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("message");
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/annotation/EnableRabbitKotlinTests.kt b/spring-rabbit/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/annotation/EnableRabbitKotlinTests.kt
index 3c228d27..35571880 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/annotation/EnableRabbitKotlinTests.kt
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/annotation/EnableRabbitKotlinTests.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.annotation
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import assertk.assert
+import assertk.assertions.isTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.CachingConnectionFactory
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class EnableRabbitKotlinTests {
 	fun `send and wait for consume` () {
 		val template = RabbitTemplate(this.config.cf())
 		template.convertAndSend("kotlinQueue", "test")
-		assertTrue(this.config.latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+		assert(this.config.latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Configuration