diff --git a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/TimestampsParquetReaderTest.java b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/TimestampsParquetReaderTest.java
index c0189fe8bc19..56b4319c89fc 100644
--- a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/TimestampsParquetReaderTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/TimestampsParquetReaderTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.druid.data.input.parquet;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.druid.data.input.ColumnsFilter;
 import org.apache.druid.data.input.InputEntityReader;
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ public void testDateHandling() throws IOException
         schemaAsDate,
         JSONPathSpec.DEFAULT
     );
+    ObjectMapper objectMapperString = new ObjectMapper();
+    ObjectMapper objectMapperDate = new ObjectMapper();
     List<InputRowListPlusRawValues> sampledAsString = sampleAllRows(readerAsString);
     List<InputRowListPlusRawValues> sampledAsDate = sampleAllRows(readerAsDate);
     final String expectedJson = "{\n"
@@ -91,8 +94,8 @@ public void testDateHandling() throws IOException
                                       + "  \"idx\" : 1,\n"
                                       + "  \"date_as_date\" : 1497744000000\n"
                                       + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsString.get(0).getRawValues()));
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsDate.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(objectMapperString.readTree(expectedJson), objectMapperString.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsString.get(0).getRawValues())));
+    Assert.assertEquals(objectMapperDate.readTree(expectedJson), objectMapperDate.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsDate.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
   @Test