diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/RemoveDependencyMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/RemoveDependencyMojoTest.java
index 06a5014b3..449493636 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/RemoveDependencyMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/RemoveDependencyMojoTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 import static org.apache.maven.api.plugin.testing.MojoExtension.setVariableValueToObject;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.contains;
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ void typeParameterUsedForMatching() throws Exception {
         mojo.execute();
 
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("test-jar"), "test-jar variant should be removed");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("test-jar"), "test-jar variant should be removed");
         assertTrue(result.contains("com.example"), "jar variant should remain");
     }
 
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ void modelSyncPreservesOtherVariantsOnRemove() throws Exception {
         mojo.execute();
 
         // In-memory model should still have the jar variant
-        assertTrue(model.getDependencies().size() == 1, "model should have 1 dependency remaining");
+        assertEquals(1, model.getDependencies().size(), "model should have 1 dependency remaining");
         assertTrue(
                 "jar".equals(model.getDependencies().get(0).getType())
                         || model.getDependencies().get(0).getType() == null,
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ void removeDependencyFromProfileSucceeds() throws Exception {
         mojo.execute();
 
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<groupId>com.example</groupId>"), "dependency should be removed");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<groupId>com.example</groupId>"), "dependency should be removed");
         assertTrue(result.contains("<id>dev</id>"), "profile should remain");
     }
 
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ void managedRemovalWithChildModulesWarnsAndProceeds() throws Exception {
         assertDoesNotThrow(() -> mojo.execute());
 
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<artifactId>lib</artifactId>"), "managed dep should be removed");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<artifactId>lib</artifactId>"), "managed dep should be removed");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ void managedRemovalWithChildModulePomPathWarnsAndProceeds() throws Exception {
         assertDoesNotThrow(() -> mojo.execute());
 
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<artifactId>lib</artifactId>"), "managed dep should be removed");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<artifactId>lib</artifactId>"), "managed dep should be removed");
         verify(log).warn(contains("child-a/my-pom.xml"));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestCollectMojo.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestCollectMojo.java
index bef7be30b..62098d61d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestCollectMojo.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestCollectMojo.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 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.assertTrue;
 
 @MojoTest
 class TestCollectMojo {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void testSilent(CollectDependenciesMojo mojo) throws Exception {
         assertFalse(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
 
         mojo.setSilent(true);
-        assertTrue(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
+        assertInstanceOf(DependencySilentLog.class, mojo.getLog());
 
         mojo.setSilent(false);
         assertFalse(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/pom/PomEditorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/pom/PomEditorTest.java
index 4cb1081ce..e6a9f4a06 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/pom/PomEditorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/pom/PomEditorTest.java
@@ -752,9 +752,9 @@ void addDependencyIgnoresEmptyStringFields() throws IOException {
 
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         assertTrue(result.contains("<version>1.0</version>"), "version should be present");
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<scope>"), "empty scope should not create element");
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<type>"), "empty type should not create element");
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("<classifier>"), "empty classifier should not create element");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<scope>"), "empty scope should not create element");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<type>"), "empty type should not create element");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("<classifier>"), "empty classifier should not create element");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ void removeDependencyFromProfile() throws IOException {
 
         assertTrue(removed, "should find and remove the profile dependency");
         String result = new String(Files.readAllBytes(pomFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(!result.contains("profile-lib"), "profile dep should be removed");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("profile-lib"), "profile dep should be removed");
         assertTrue(result.contains("top-level"), "top-level dep should remain");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/TestResolveMojo.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/TestResolveMojo.java
index 7f4e5be2a..23b647871 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/TestResolveMojo.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/TestResolveMojo.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import static org.apache.maven.api.plugin.testing.MojoExtension.setVariableValueToObject;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.AssertionsKt.assertNotNull;
 
 @MojoTest
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void testSilent(ResolveDependenciesMojo mojo) {
         assertFalse(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
 
         mojo.setSilent(true);
-        assertTrue(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
+        assertInstanceOf(DependencySilentLog.class, mojo.getLog());
 
         mojo.setSilent(false);
         assertFalse(mojo.getLog() instanceof DependencySilentLog);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/translators/TestClassifierTypeTranslator.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/translators/TestClassifierTypeTranslator.java
index dc1d96589..ebab479c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/translators/TestClassifierTypeTranslator.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/translators/TestClassifierTypeTranslator.java
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ void testClassifierAndType() {
                 org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact translatedArtifact = resultIter.next();
                 if (artifact.getArtifactId() == translatedArtifact.getArtifactId()
                         && artifact.getGroupId() == translatedArtifact.getGroupId()) {
-                    assertEquals(translatedArtifact.getClassifier(), classifier);
-                    assertEquals(translatedArtifact.getExtension(), type);
+                    assertEquals(classifier, translatedArtifact.getClassifier());
+                    assertEquals(type, translatedArtifact.getExtension());
 
                     found = true;
                     break;