diff --git a/lucene/grouping/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/grouping/GroupingSearchTest.java b/lucene/grouping/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/grouping/GroupingSearchTest.java
index 05f84533f3a..30c9d144243 100644
--- a/lucene/grouping/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/grouping/GroupingSearchTest.java
+++ b/lucene/grouping/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/grouping/GroupingSearchTest.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class GroupingSearchTest extends LuceneTestCase {
     assertEquals(2, group.scoreDocs.length);
     assertEquals(5, group.scoreDocs[0].doc);
     assertEquals(4, group.scoreDocs[1].doc);
-    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[0].score > group.scoreDocs[1].score);
+    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[0].score >= group.scoreDocs[1].score);
 
     group = groups.groups[1];
     compareGroupValue("author1", group);
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ public class GroupingSearchTest extends LuceneTestCase {
     assertEquals(0, group.scoreDocs[0].doc);
     assertEquals(1, group.scoreDocs[1].doc);
     assertEquals(2, group.scoreDocs[2].doc);
-    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[0].score > group.scoreDocs[1].score);
-    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[1].score > group.scoreDocs[2].score);
+    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[0].score >= group.scoreDocs[1].score);
+    assertTrue(group.scoreDocs[1].score >= group.scoreDocs[2].score);
 
     group = groups.groups[2];
     compareGroupValue("author2", group);