diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b91a4fe2..f6359158 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-jdbc</dist.id>
 		<springdata.commons>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<assertj>3.6.2</assertj>
 		<sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
 
 		<degraph-check.version>0.1.4</degraph-check.version>
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
index 881441da..348864dd 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ public class DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests {
 		verify(namedJdbcOperations).update(sqlCaptor.capture(), paramSourceCaptor.capture(), any(KeyHolder.class));
 
 		assertThat(sqlCaptor.getValue()) //
-				.containsSequence("INSERT INTO \"DUMMY_ENTITY\" (", "\"ID\"", ") VALUES (", ":id", ")") //
-				.containsSequence("INSERT INTO \"DUMMY_ENTITY\" (", "reference", ") VALUES (", ":reference", ")");
+				.containsSubsequence("INSERT INTO \"DUMMY_ENTITY\" (", "\"ID\"", ") VALUES (", ":id", ")") //
+				.containsSubsequence("INSERT INTO \"DUMMY_ENTITY\" (", "reference", ") VALUES (", ":reference", ")");
 		assertThat(paramSourceCaptor.getValue().getValue("id")).isEqualTo(ORIGINAL_ID);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/EntityRowMapperUnitTests.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/EntityRowMapperUnitTests.java
index 9e3ec785..732b1062 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/EntityRowMapperUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/EntityRowMapperUnitTests.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class EntityRowMapperUnitTests {
 
 		assertThat(extracted) //
 				.extracting(e -> e.one, e -> e.two, e -> e.three) //
-				.isEqualTo(new String[] { "111", "222", "333" });
+				.containsSequence("111", "222", "333");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAJDBC-273
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGeneratorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
index a266b025..c5a60f46 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class SqlGeneratorUnitTests {
 
 		SqlGenerator sqlGenerator = createSqlGenerator(VersionedEntity.class, AnsiDialect.INSTANCE);
 
-		assertThat(sqlGenerator.getUpdateWithVersion()).containsSequence( //
+		assertThat(sqlGenerator.getUpdateWithVersion()).containsSubsequence( //
 				"UPDATE", //
 				"\"VERSIONED_ENTITY\"", //
 				"SET", //
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public class SqlGeneratorUnitTests {
 
 		String findAll = sqlGenerator.getFindAll();
 
-		assertThat(findAll).containsSequence("SELECT",
+		assertThat(findAll).containsSubsequence("SELECT",
 				"\"child\".\"PARENT_OF_NO_ID_CHILD\" AS \"CHILD_PARENT_OF_NO_ID_CHILD\"", "FROM");
 	}
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public class SqlGeneratorUnitTests {
 
 		SqlGenerator sqlGenerator = createSqlGenerator(DummyEntity.class, AnsiDialect.INSTANCE);
 
-		assertThat(sqlGenerator.getUpdate()).containsSequence( //
+		assertThat(sqlGenerator.getUpdate()).containsSubsequence( //
 				"UPDATE", //
 				"\"DUMMY_ENTITY\"", //
 				"SET", //