diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVRecordTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVRecordTest.java
index 0da62fe5..65698f58 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVRecordTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVRecordTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertAll;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ public class CSVRecordTest {
         final ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
         try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(in)) {
             final Object object = ois.readObject();
-            assertTrue(object instanceof CSVRecord);
+            assertInstanceOf(CSVRecord.class, object);
             final CSVRecord rec = (CSVRecord) object;
             assertEquals(1L, rec.getRecordNumber());
             assertEquals("One", rec.get(0));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/ExtendedBufferedReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/ExtendedBufferedReaderTest.java
index 5e785124..07bbae19 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/ExtendedBufferedReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/ExtendedBufferedReaderTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.commons.csv;
 
-import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.EOF;
 import static org.apache.commons.csv.Constants.UNDEFINED;
+import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.EOF;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/issues/JiraCsv248Test.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/issues/JiraCsv248Test.java
index d0a10300..7db2977f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/issues/JiraCsv248Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/issues/JiraCsv248Test.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.commons.csv.issues;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class JiraCsv248Test {
         // }
         try (InputStream in = getTestInput(); final ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(in)) {
             final Object object = ois.readObject();
-            assertTrue(object instanceof CSVRecord);
+            assertInstanceOf(CSVRecord.class, object);
             final CSVRecord rec = (CSVRecord) object;
             assertEquals(1L, rec.getRecordNumber());
             assertEquals("One", rec.get(0));