diff --git a/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb b/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
index 2d45354e50d..c0b5c29bef2 100644
--- a/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe DistributedCache do
 
     set << 5
 
-    c2["cats"] == set
+    c2["cats"] = set
 
     wait_for do
       c1["cats"] == set