diff --git a/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
index 6ecb2405547889..e1c728e3b9b362 100644
--- a/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
+++ b/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ export default [
           message: 'Calling `.catch(common.mustNotCall())` will not detect never-settling promises. Use `.then(common.mustCall())` instead.',
         },
         {
-          selector: 'CallExpression[callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.type="Identifier"][callee.object.name="assert"][callee.property.type="Identifier"][callee.property.name="ok"][arguments.0.type="CallExpression"][arguments.0.callee.type="MemberExpression"][arguments.0.callee.object.regex][arguments.0.callee.property.type="Identifier"][arguments.0.callee.property.name="test"]',
+          selector: 'CallExpression:matches([callee.type="Identifier"][callee.name="assert"], [callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.type="Identifier"][callee.object.name="assert"][callee.property.type="Identifier"][callee.property.name="ok"])[arguments.0.type="CallExpression"][arguments.0.callee.type="MemberExpression"][arguments.0.callee.object.regex][arguments.0.callee.property.type="Identifier"][arguments.0.callee.property.name="test"]',
           message: 'Use assert.match instead',
         },
         {
-          selector: 'CallExpression[callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.type="Identifier"][callee.object.name="assert"][callee.property.type="Identifier"][callee.property.name="ok"][arguments.0.type="UnaryExpression"][arguments.0.operator="!"][arguments.0.argument.type="CallExpression"][arguments.0.argument.callee.type="MemberExpression"][arguments.0.argument.callee.object.regex][arguments.0.argument.callee.property.name="test"]',
+          selector: 'CallExpression:matches([callee.type="Identifier"][callee.name="assert"], [callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.type="Identifier"][callee.object.name="assert"][callee.property.type="Identifier"][callee.property.name="ok"])[arguments.0.type="UnaryExpression"][arguments.0.operator="!"][arguments.0.argument.type="CallExpression"][arguments.0.argument.callee.type="MemberExpression"][arguments.0.argument.callee.object.regex][arguments.0.argument.callee.property.name="test"]',
           message: 'Use assert.doesNotMatch instead',
         },
       ],
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-promises-warning-on-unhandled-rejection.js b/test/parallel/test-promises-warning-on-unhandled-rejection.js
index 0d6a74854217c8..71aeb9bd5c2d50 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-promises-warning-on-unhandled-rejection.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-promises-warning-on-unhandled-rejection.js
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ process.on('warning', common.mustCall((warning) => {
     case 1:
       // Warning about rejection not being handled (will be next tick)
       assert.strictEqual(warning.name, 'UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning');
-      assert(
-        /Unhandled promise rejection/.test(warning.message),
-        'Expected warning message to contain "Unhandled promise rejection" ' +
-        `but did not. Had "${warning.message}" instead.`
-      );
+      assert.match(warning.message, /Unhandled promise rejection/);
       break;
     case 2:
       // Number rejection error displayed. Note it's been stringified
@@ -31,17 +27,12 @@ process.on('warning', common.mustCall((warning) => {
     case 3:
       // Unhandled rejection warning (won't be handled next tick)
       assert.strictEqual(warning.name, 'UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning');
-      assert(
-        /Unhandled promise rejection/.test(warning.message),
-        'Expected warning message to contain "Unhandled promise rejection" ' +
-        `but did not. Had "${warning.message}" instead.`
-      );
+      assert.match(warning.message, /Unhandled promise rejection/);
       break;
     case 4:
       // Rejection handled asynchronously.
       assert.strictEqual(warning.name, 'PromiseRejectionHandledWarning');
-      assert(/Promise rejection was handled asynchronously/
-        .test(warning.message));
+      assert.match(warning.message, /Promise rejection was handled asynchronously/);
   }
 }, 5));
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-eval.js b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-eval.js
index 6a1b6b4e0197eb..61249cd071cb66 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-eval.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-eval.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const file = fixtures.path('snapshot', 'mutate-fs.js');
     console.log(child.stdout.toString());
     assert.strictEqual(child.status, 0);
   }
-  assert(/I am from the snapshot/.test(child.stdout.toString()));
+  assert.match(child.stdout.toString(), /I am from the snapshot/);
 }
 
 {
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ const file = fixtures.path('snapshot', 'mutate-fs.js');
     console.log(child.stdout.toString());
     assert.strictEqual(child.status, 0);
   }
-  assert(/I am from the snapshot/.test(child.stdout.toString()));
+  assert.match(child.stdout.toString(), /I am from the snapshot/);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv3.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv3.js
index bccc875b22b376..c4a6e1ff7f20bb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv3.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-no-sslv3.js
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ process.on('exit', function() {
     common.printSkipMessage('`openssl s_client -ssl3` not supported.');
   } else {
     assert.strictEqual(errors.length, 1);
-    assert(/:version too low/.test(errors[0].message));
+    assert.match(errors[0].message, /:version too low/);
   }
 });