diff --git a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages.cs b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages.cs
index 26ffbd852..c3382b242 100644
--- a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages.cs
+++ b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages.cs
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ public async Task When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages()
                 //retrieve  messages
                 var messages = _consumer.Receive(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(10000));
                 
-                messages.Length.Should().BeLessOrEqualTo(outstandingMessageCount);
+                messages.Length.Should().BeLessThanOrEqualTo(outstandingMessageCount);
                 
                 //should not receive more than buffer in one hit
-                messages.Length.Should().BeLessOrEqualTo(BufferSize);
+                
+                messages.Length.Should().BeLessThanOrEqualTo(BufferSize);
 
                 var moreMessages = messages.Where(m => m.Header.MessageType == MessageType.MT_COMMAND);
                 foreach (var message in moreMessages)
diff --git a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages_async.cs b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages_async.cs
index 3e06a5ecb..633420515 100644
--- a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages_async.cs
+++ b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages_async.cs
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ public async Task When_a_message_consumer_reads_multiple_messages_async()
                 //retrieve  messages
                 var messages = await _consumer.ReceiveAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(10000));
 
-                messages.Length.Should().BeLessOrEqualTo(outstandingMessageCount);
+                messages.Length.Should().BeLessThanOrEqualTo(outstandingMessageCount);
 
                 //should not receive more than buffer in one hit
-                messages.Length.Should().BeLessOrEqualTo(BufferSize);
+                messages.Length.Should().BeLessThanOrEqualTo(BufferSize);
 
                 var moreMessages = messages.Where(m => m.Header.MessageType == MessageType.MT_COMMAND);
                 foreach (var message in moreMessages)