diff --git a/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/AWSElasticCacheClientIT.java b/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/AWSElasticCacheClientIT.java
index 33d42c0b7..9c36d0d15 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/AWSElasticCacheClientIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/AWSElasticCacheClientIT.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public void testInvalidConfig() throws Exception {
 					new InetSocketAddress(2271));
 			fail();
 		} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
-			assert (e.getMessage().contains("Invalid server"));
+			assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("failed"));
 		} finally {
 			configServer.stop();
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/StandardHashMemcachedClientIT.java b/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/StandardHashMemcachedClientIT.java
index 1c1058726..899572a8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/StandardHashMemcachedClientIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/rubyeye/xmemcached/test/unittest/StandardHashMemcachedClientIT.java
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ public void testDecrWithNoReply() throws Exception {
 
 		assertTrue(memcachedClient.set("a", 0, "100"));
 		memcachedClient.decrWithNoReply("a", 50);
-		assertEquals("50", memcachedClient.get("a"));
+		assertEquals("50", ((String) memcachedClient.get("a")).trim());
 		memcachedClient.decrWithNoReply("a", 4);
-		assertEquals("46", memcachedClient.get("a"));
+		assertEquals("46", ((String) memcachedClient.get("a")).trim());
 	}
 
 	@Override