diff --git a/unittests/test_validation.py b/unittests/test_validation.py
index 42bf33baa648670c932e92367e49c8a98dabd07f..6db0674eed7b9390ac83735bb27a13c52db178b2 100644
--- a/unittests/test_validation.py
+++ b/unittests/test_validation.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_validation():
     r2.add_property(name="dateModified", value="2024-11-16")
 
     valres = validate([r1, r2], json)
-    assert valres[0][0]
+    assert valres[0][0] is True
     assert len(valres[0][1]) == 1
     assert valres[0][1][0] == json[0]
     assert len(valres[1][1]) == 0