diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2eecc417..725e8f2a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.6.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0d329231f..470bb5108 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -317,14 +317,10 @@ github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a h1:weJVJJRzAJBF
 github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a/go.mod h1:pHhQNgMf3btfWnGBVipUOjRYhoOsdGqdm/+2c2E2WMI=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 h1:ZC2Vc7/ZFkGmsVC9KvOjumD+G5lXy2RtTKyzRKO2BQ4=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20160728113105-d5b7844b561a/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20180823135443-60711f1a8329/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190312143242-1de009706dbe/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190614124828-94de47d64c63/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
-github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190620125010-da37f6c1e481 h1:IaSjLMT6WvkoZZjspGxy3rdaTEmWLoRm49WbtVUi9sA=
-github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190620125010-da37f6c1e481/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190626092158-b2ccc519800e/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.0 h1:aizVhC/NAAcKWb+5QsU1iNOZb4Yws5UO2I+aIprQITM=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.0/go.mod h1:KAzv3t3aY1NaHWoQz1+4F1ccyAH66Jk7yos7ldAVICs=
diff --git a/pkg/kudoctl/kudohome/home_test.go b/pkg/kudoctl/kudohome/home_test.go
index 3d56fd37f..546841786 100644
--- a/pkg/kudoctl/kudohome/home_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kudoctl/kudohome/home_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package kudohome
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/magiconair/properties/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestKudoHome(t *testing.T) {
 	h := Home("/a")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, h.String(), "/a")
-	assert.Equal(t, h.RepositoryFile(), "/a/repository/repositories.yaml")
+	assert.Equal(t, "/a", h.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "/a/repository/repositories.yaml", h.RepositoryFile())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kudoctl/util/repo/index_test.go b/pkg/kudoctl/util/repo/index_test.go
index 158e49d3c..17fef94e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kudoctl/util/repo/index_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kudoctl/util/repo/index_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/magiconair/properties/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"github.com/kudobuilder/kudo/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/kudobuilder/kudo/pkg/kudoctl/packages"
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ entries:
 	b := []byte(indexString)
 	index, _ := ParseIndexFile(b)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, len(index.Entries), 2, "number of operator entries is 2")
-	assert.Equal(t, len(index.Entries["kafka"]), 2, "number of kafka operators is 2")
-	assert.Equal(t, index.Entries["flink"][0].AppVersion, "1.7.2", "flink app version")
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(index.Entries), "number of operator entries is 2")
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(index.Entries["kafka"]), "number of kafka operators is 2")
+	assert.Equal(t, "1.7.2", index.Entries["flink"][0].AppVersion, "flink app version")
 }
 
 // TestParsingGoldenIndex and parses the index file catching marshalling issues.
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ func TestMapPackageFileToPackageVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pv := ToPackageVersion(&pf, "1234", "http://localhost")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, pv.Name, o.Name)
-	assert.Equal(t, pv.Version, o.Version)
-	assert.Equal(t, pv.URLs[0], "http://localhost/kafka-1.0.0.tgz")
-	assert.Equal(t, pv.Digest, "1234")
+	assert.Equal(t, o.Name, pv.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, o.Version, pv.Version)
+	assert.Equal(t, "http://localhost/kafka-1.0.0.tgz", pv.URLs[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, "1234", pv.Digest)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/version/version_test.go b/pkg/version/version_test.go
index 29df03afd..915e3b78a 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version_test.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package version
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/magiconair/properties/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func Test_validVersion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func Test_validVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			val := tt.expected.CompareMajorMinor(tt.actual)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.val, val)
+			assert.Equal(t, val, tt.val)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestClean(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			result := Clean(tt.actual)
-			assert.Equal(t, result, tt.expected)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
 		})
 	}
 }