diff --git a/tests/capabilities.py b/tests/capabilities.py
index cbbe24f..31aa398 100644
--- a/tests/capabilities.py
+++ b/tests/capabilities.py
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ class DatabaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # verify
         self.cursor.execute('select * from %s' % self.table)
         l = self.cursor.fetchall()
-        self.assertEquals(len(l), self.rows)
+        self.assertEqual(len(l), self.rows)
         try:
             for i in range(self.rows):
                 for j in range(len(columndefs)):
-                    self.assertEquals(l[i][j], generator(i,j))
+                    self.assertEqual(l[i][j], generator(i,j))
         finally:
             if not self.debug:
                 self.cursor.execute('drop table %s' % (self.table))
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ class DatabaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.connection.commit()
         self.cursor.execute('select * from %s' % self.table)
         l = self.cursor.fetchall()
-        self.assertEquals(len(l), self.rows)
+        self.assertEqual(len(l), self.rows)
         for i in range(self.rows):
             for j in range(len(columndefs)):
-                self.assertEquals(l[i][j], generator(i,j))
+                self.assertEqual(l[i][j], generator(i,j))
         delete_statement = 'delete from %s where col1=%%s' % self.table
         self.cursor.execute(delete_statement, (0,))
         self.cursor.execute('select col1 from %s where col1=%s' % \
diff --git a/tests/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py b/tests/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
index 23d7d9e..1ec32f7 100644
--- a/tests/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class test_MySQLdb(capabilities.DatabaseTest):
 
         c.callproc('test_sp', ('larch',))
         rows = c.fetchall()
-        self.assertEquals(len(rows), 1)
-        self.assertEquals(rows[0][0], 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(rows), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(rows[0][0], 3)
         c.nextset()
 
         c.execute("DROP PROCEDURE test_sp")
diff --git a/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py b/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
index d8598dd..3fef3f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
+++ b/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ class test_MySQLdb(dbapi20.DatabaseAPI20Test):
                 s=cur.nextset()
                 if s:
                     empty = cur.fetchall()
-                    self.assertEquals(len(empty), 0,
-                                      "non-empty result set after other result sets")
+                    self.assertEqual(len(empty), 0,
+                                     "non-empty result set after other result sets")
                     #warn("Incompatibility: MySQL returns an empty result set for the CALL itself",
                     #     Warning)
                 #assert s == None,'No more return sets, should return None'
diff --git a/tests/test_MySQLdb_nonstandard.py b/tests/test_MySQLdb_nonstandard.py
index 2ca5a54..7efe265 100644
--- a/tests/test_MySQLdb_nonstandard.py
+++ b/tests/test_MySQLdb_nonstandard.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class CoreAPI(unittest.TestCase):
                           "thread_id shouldn't accept arguments.")
 
     def test_affected_rows(self):
-        self.assertEquals(self.conn.affected_rows(), 0,
-                          "Should return 0 before we do anything.")
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.affected_rows(), 0,
+                         "Should return 0 before we do anything.")
 
 
     #def test_debug(self):