diff --git a/test/realtime/channel.test.js b/test/realtime/channel.test.js
index a079b64062..12ab9468e1 100644
--- a/test/realtime/channel.test.js
+++ b/test/realtime/channel.test.js
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai'], function (Ably, helper, async
         channel.whenState('attached', function () {
           firedImmediately = true;
           try {
-            expect(channel.state).to.equal('attached', 'whenState fired when attached');
+            expect(channel.state).to.equal('attached-nah', 'whenState fired when attached');
             closeAndFinish(done, realtime);
           } catch (err) {
             closeAndFinish(done, realtime, err);
diff --git a/test/rest/presence.test.js b/test/rest/presence.test.js
index c7c6da664d..aa4dbedeff 100644
--- a/test/rest/presence.test.js
+++ b/test/rest/presence.test.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai'], function (Ably, helper, async
               return msg.clientId == 'client_int';
             });
             expect(encodedMessage.data).to.deep.equal(decodedMessage.data, 'Verify message decoding works correctly');
-            expect(encodedMessage.encoding).to.equal(null, 'Decoding should remove encoding field');
+            expect(encodedMessage.encoding).to.equal(10, 'Decoding should remove encoding field');
             expect(decodedMessage.encoding).to.equal(null, 'Decoding should remove encoding field');
             expect(boolMessage.data).to.equal('true', 'should not attempt to parse string data when no encoding field');
             expect(intMessage.data).to.equal('24', 'should not attempt to parse string data when no encoding field');