diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index 39c66f9888f..d4531ec21cf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -3703,9 +3703,17 @@ public void testSemanticMetadataAPIs() {
         // Look for a second description
         jsonLDString = getData(response.getBody().asString());
         jsonLDObject = JSONLDUtil.decontextualizeJsonLD(jsonLDString);
-        assertEquals("New description",
-                ((JsonObject) jsonLDObject.getJsonArray("https://dataverse.org/schema/citation/dsDescription").get(1))
-                        .getString("https://dataverse.org/schema/citation/dsDescriptionValue"));
+        JsonArray descriptions = jsonLDObject.getJsonArray("https://dataverse.org/schema/citation/dsDescription");
+        assertEquals(2, descriptions.size(), "Should have two descriptions");
+        boolean foundNewDescription = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < descriptions.size(); i++) {
+            JsonObject desc = descriptions.getJsonObject(i);
+            if ("New description".equals(desc.getString("https://dataverse.org/schema/citation/dsDescriptionValue"))) {
+                foundNewDescription = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(foundNewDescription, "Should find 'New description' in the descriptions array");
 
         // Can't add terms of use with replace=false and a value already set (single
         // valued field)