diff --git a/tests/test_eclab_mpr.py b/tests/test_eclab_mpr.py
index 859ba156..869974c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_eclab_mpr.py
+++ b/tests/test_eclab_mpr.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ def test_eclab_mpr(infile, datadir):
     print(f"{ret=}")
     with open(outfile, "wb") as out:
         pickle.dump(ret, out, 5)
-    xr.testing.assert_equal(ret, ref)
+    xr.testing.assert_allclose(ret, ref)
diff --git a/tests/test_eclab_mpt.py b/tests/test_eclab_mpt.py
index b3d98eff..78506100 100644
--- a/tests/test_eclab_mpt.py
+++ b/tests/test_eclab_mpt.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_eclab_mpt_locale(afile, bfile, datadir):
     kwargs = dict(timezone="Europe/Berlin", encoding="windows-1252")
     aret = extract(fn=afile, locale="en_US", **kwargs)
     bret = extract(fn=bfile, locale="de_DE", **kwargs)
-    xr.testing.assert_equal(aret, bret)
+    xr.testing.assert_allclose(aret, bret)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(