diff --git a/tests/manager/celery/tasks/test_search.py b/tests/manager/celery/tasks/test_search.py
index a29c765ff3..f1d7c2b256 100644
--- a/tests/manager/celery/tasks/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/manager/celery/tasks/test_search.py
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ def test_PP_1332_fiction_returns_results(
     work1 = db.work(with_open_access_download=True, fiction=True)
     work2 = db.work(with_open_access_download=True, fiction=False)
     documents = get_work_search_documents(db.session, 2, 0)
-    assert [doc["_id"] for doc in documents] == [work2.id, work1.id]
-    assert "nonfiction" == documents[0]["fiction"]
-    assert "fiction" == documents[1]["fiction"]
+    assert {doc["_id"] for doc in documents} == {work2.id, work1.id}
+
     end_to_end_search_fixture.populate_search_index()
     end_to_end_search_fixture.expect_results(
         expect=[work1, work2], ordered=False, query_string=""
diff --git a/tests/manager/sqlalchemy/model/test_work.py b/tests/manager/sqlalchemy/model/test_work.py
index b2307ec65f..d40ece5d12 100644
--- a/tests/manager/sqlalchemy/model/test_work.py
+++ b/tests/manager/sqlalchemy/model/test_work.py
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ def assert_time_match(python, postgres):
                 search_doc["published"], tz=pytz.UTC
             ).date()
         )
-        assert "Nonfiction" == search_doc["fiction"]
+        assert "nonfiction" == search_doc["fiction"]
         assert "YoungAdult" == search_doc["audience"]
         assert work.summary_text == search_doc["summary"]
         assert work.quality == search_doc["quality"]
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ def compare(doc: dict[str, Any], work: Work) -> None:
             )
             assert doc["presentation_ready"] == work.presentation_ready
             assert doc["last_update_time"] == work.last_update_time
-            assert doc["fiction"] == "Fiction" if work.fiction else "Nonfiction"
+            assert doc["fiction"] == "fiction" if work.fiction else "nonfiction"
             assert doc["audience"] == work.audience
             assert doc["summary"] == work.summary_text
             assert doc["quality"] == work.quality