diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsFilterTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsFilterTests.java
index 4d967751378..438ab654521 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsFilterTests.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIOException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.asyncDispatch;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ class WebMvcMetricsFilterTests {
 	void streamingError() throws Exception {
 		MvcResult result = this.mvc.perform(get("/api/c1/streamingError")).andExpect(request().asyncStarted())
 				.andReturn();
-		this.mvc.perform(asyncDispatch(result)).andExpect(status().isOk());
+		assertThatIOException().isThrownBy(() -> this.mvc.perform(asyncDispatch(result)).andReturn());
 		assertThat(this.registry.get("http.server.requests").tags("exception", "IOException").timer().count())
 				.isEqualTo(1L);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsIntegrationTests.java
index 974654153e2..b604bd30803 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/servlet/WebMvcMetricsIntegrationTests.java
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ class WebMvcMetricsIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void rethrownExceptionIsRecordedInMetricTag() throws Exception {
-		this.mvc.perform(get("/api/rethrownError")).andExpect(status().is5xxServerError());
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(NestedServletException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> this.mvc.perform(get("/api/rethrownError")).andReturn());
 		assertThat(this.registry.get("http.server.requests").tags("exception", "Exception2", "status", "500").timer()
 				.count()).isEqualTo(1L);
 	}