diff --git a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/CompatParquetReaderTest.java b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/CompatParquetReaderTest.java
index f94949d6bd21..ccd48cfa3987 100644
--- a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/CompatParquetReaderTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/CompatParquetReaderTest.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;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
  */
 public class CompatParquetReaderTest extends BaseParquetReaderTest
 {
+  private static final ObjectMapper JSON_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+  
   @Test
   public void testBinaryAsString() throws IOException
   {
@@ -94,19 +97,14 @@ public void testBinaryAsString() throws IOException
                                 + "  \"field\" : \"hey this is &é(-è_çà)=^$ù*! Ω^^\",\n"
                                 + "  \"ts\" : 1471800234\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
-
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
     final String expectedJsonBinary = "{\n"
                                 + "  \"field\" : \"aGV5IHRoaXMgaXMgJsOpKC3DqF/Dp8OgKT1eJMO5KiEgzqleXg==\",\n"
                                 + "  \"ts\" : 1471800234\n"
-                                + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(
-        expectedJsonBinary,
-        DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsBinary.get(0).getRawValues())
-    );
+                                + "}"; 
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJsonBinary), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsBinary.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
-
   @Test
   public void testParquet1217() throws IOException
   {
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ public void testParquet1217() throws IOException
     final String expectedJson = "{\n"
                                 + "  \"col\" : -1\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ required group nestedIntsColumn (LIST) {
                                 + "    } ]\n"
                                 + "  }\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -342,10 +340,9 @@ public void testOldRepeatedInt() throws IOException
     final String expectedJson = "{\n"
                                 + "  \"repeatedInt\" : [ 1, 2, 3 ]\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
-
   @Test
   public void testReadNestedArrayStruct() throws IOException
   {
@@ -385,7 +382,7 @@ public void testReadNestedArrayStruct() throws IOException
                                 + "    \"repeatedMessage\" : [ 3 ]\n"
                                 + "  } ]\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -435,6 +432,6 @@ public void testProtoStructWithArray() throws IOException
                                 + "    \"someId\" : 9\n"
                                 + "  }\n"
                                 + "}";
-    Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(JSON_MAPPER.readTree(expectedJson), JSON_MAPPER.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 }
diff --git a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/FlattenSpecParquetReaderTest.java b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/FlattenSpecParquetReaderTest.java
index 726ecde4adf3..d6c104124538 100644
--- a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/FlattenSpecParquetReaderTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/parquet/FlattenSpecParquetReaderTest.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;
@@ -205,8 +206,9 @@ public void testFlat1FlattenSelectListItem() throws IOException
         flattenSpec
     );
     List<InputRowListPlusRawValues> sampled = sampleAllRows(reader);
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(FLAT_JSON, DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(mapper.readTree(FLAT_JSON), mapper.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampled.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
 
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..5a4dec40c120 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;
@@ -91,8 +92,9 @@ 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()));
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    Assert.assertEquals(mapper.readTree(expectedJson), mapper.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsString.get(0).getRawValues())));
+    Assert.assertEquals(mapper.readTree(expectedJson), mapper.readTree(DEFAULT_JSON_WRITER.writeValueAsString(sampledAsDate.get(0).getRawValues())));
   }
 
   @Test