diff --git a/test/package-lock.json b/test/package-lock.json
index df68a43..7bd1bff 100644
--- a/test/package-lock.json
+++ b/test/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "chromedriver": "^146.0.2",
-        "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
         "mocha": "^11.7.5",
         "selenium-webdriver": "^4.41.0",
         "superagent": "^10.3.0"
@@ -708,11 +707,6 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/expect.js": {
-      "version": "0.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expect.js/-/expect.js-0.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-sKWaDS7/VDdUTr8M6qYBWEHQm1s="
-    },
     "node_modules/extract-zip": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extract-zip/-/extract-zip-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -2571,11 +2565,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-kVscqXk4OCp68SZ0dkgEKVi6/8ij300KBWTJq32P/dYeWTSwK41WyTxalN1eRmA5Z9UU/LX9D7FWSmV9SAYx6g=="
     },
-    "expect.js": {
-      "version": "0.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expect.js/-/expect.js-0.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-sKWaDS7/VDdUTr8M6qYBWEHQm1s="
-    },
     "extract-zip": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extract-zip/-/extract-zip-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index 54d5ee9..1b70d36 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "chromedriver": "^146.0.2",
-    "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
     "mocha": "^11.7.5",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^4.41.0",
     "superagent": "^10.3.0"
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c9d5679..3a6ce38 100755
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 require('chromedriver');
 
 const execSync = require('child_process').execSync,
-    expect = require('expect.js'),
+    assert = require('node:assert/strict'),
     fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
     superagent = require('superagent'),
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
 
         const currentUrl = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
         if (!currentUrl.includes(app.domain)) return;
-        expect(this.currentTest.title).to.be.a('string');
+        assert.strictEqual(typeof this.currentTest.title, 'string');
 
         const screenshotData = await browser.takeScreenshot();
         fs.writeFileSync(`./screenshots/${new Date().getTime()}-${this.currentTest.title.replaceAll(' ', '_')}.png`, screenshotData, 'base64');
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     function getAppInfo() {
         const inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
         app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location.indexOf(LOCATION) === 0; })[0];
-        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
+        assert.ok(app && typeof app === 'object');
     }
 
     async function waitForElement(elem) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
         const avatarSrc = await browser.findElement(By.xpath('//div[@id="profile-avatar"]/a/img')).getAttribute('src');
 
         const response = await superagent.get(avatarSrc);
-        expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+        assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
     }
 
     async function login(username, password) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     }
 
     function fileExists() {
-        expect(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile')).to.be(true);
+        assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile'), true);
     }
 
     async function sendMail() {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     it('can login', loginOIDC.bind(null, username, password));
     it('can get avatar', checkAvatar);
     it('can clone the url', cloneRepo);
-    it('file exists in repo', function () { expect(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile')).to.be(true); });
+    it('file exists in repo', function () { assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile'), true); });
 
     it('move to different location', async function () {
         //browser.manage().deleteAllCookies(); // commented because of error "'Network.deleteCookie' wasn't found"
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     it('can login', loginOIDC.bind(null, username, password));
     it('can get avatar', checkAvatar);
     it('can clone the url', cloneRepo);
-    it('file exists in repo', function () { expect(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile')).to.be(true); });
+    it('file exists in repo', function () { assert.strictEqual(fs.existsSync(repodir + '/newfile'), true); });
 
     it('uninstall app', async function () {
         // ensure we don't hit NXDOMAIN in the mean time