diff --git a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AopNamespaceHandlerPointcutErrorTests.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AopNamespaceHandlerPointcutErrorTests.java
index db5fdd5fdc5..3d1bea7b13d 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AopNamespaceHandlerPointcutErrorTests.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AopNamespaceHandlerPointcutErrorTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ package org.springframework.aop.config;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.springframework.core.testfixture.io.ResourceTestUtils.qualifiedResource;
@@ -29,25 +29,28 @@ import static org.springframework.core.testfixture.io.ResourceTestUtils.qualifie
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Chris Beams
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  */
 class AopNamespaceHandlerPointcutErrorTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void duplicatePointcutConfig() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
-				new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf).loadBeanDefinitions(
-						qualifiedResource(getClass(), "pointcutDuplication.xml")))
-			.satisfies(ex -> ex.contains(BeanDefinitionParsingException.class));
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf);
+		ClassPathResource resource = qualifiedResource(getClass(), "pointcutDuplication.xml");
+
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> reader.loadBeanDefinitions(resource));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void missingPointcutConfig() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
-				new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf).loadBeanDefinitions(
-						qualifiedResource(getClass(), "pointcutMissing.xml")))
-			.satisfies(ex -> ex.contains(BeanDefinitionParsingException.class));
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf);
+		ClassPathResource resource = qualifiedResource(getClass(), "pointcutMissing.xml");
+
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> reader.loadBeanDefinitions(resource));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests.java
index b91dd9b6050..655c91de039 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests {
 	void contextWithInvalidLazyClass() {
 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(INVALID_CLASS_CONTEXT, getClass());
 		assertThat(ctx.containsBean("someMessageSource")).isTrue();
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(CannotLoadBeanClassException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
-				ctx.getBean("someMessageSource"))
-			.satisfies(ex -> assertThat(ex.contains(ClassNotFoundException.class)).isTrue());
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(CannotLoadBeanClassException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> ctx.getBean("someMessageSource"))
+				.withCauseExactlyInstanceOf(ClassNotFoundException.class);
 		ctx.close();
 	}
 
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextTests {
 	void contextWithClassNameThatContainsPlaceholder() {
 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(CLASS_WITH_PLACEHOLDER_CONTEXT, getClass());
 		assertThat(ctx.containsBean("someMessageSource")).isTrue();
-		boolean condition = ctx.getBean("someMessageSource") instanceof StaticMessageSource;
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(ctx.getBean("someMessageSource")).isInstanceOf(StaticMessageSource.class);
 		ctx.close();
 	}