diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/aot/MongoRepositoryMetadataTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/aot/MongoRepositoryMetadataTests.java
index aa069a271..fe65d2108 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/aot/MongoRepositoryMetadataTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/aot/MongoRepositoryMetadataTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import example.aot.UserRepository;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ class MongoRepositoryMetadataTests {
 
 		assertThatJson(json).inPath("$.methods[?(@.name == 'findAllLastnames')].query").isArray().element(0).isObject()
 				.containsEntry("pipeline",
-						"[{ '$match' : { 'last_name' : { '$ne' : null } } }, { '$project': { '_id' : '$last_name' } }]");
+						List.of("{ '$match' : { 'last_name' : { '$ne' : null } } }", "{ '$project': { '_id' : '$last_name' } }"));
 	}
 
 	@Test // GH-4964
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ class MongoRepositoryMetadataTests {
 
 		assertThatJson(json).inPath("$.methods[?(@.name == 'findAndIncrementVisitsViaPipelineByLastname')].query").isArray()
 				.element(0).isObject().containsEntry("filter", "{'lastname':?0}").containsEntry("update-pipeline",
-						"[{ '$set' : { 'visits' : { '$ifNull' : [ {'$add' : [ '$visits', ?1 ] }, ?1 ] } } }]");
+						List.of("{ '$set' : { 'visits' : { '$ifNull' : [ {'$add' : [ '$visits', ?1 ] }, ?1 ] } } }"));
 	}
 
 	@Test // GH-4964