diff --git a/repository/repo_testing.go b/repository/repo_testing.go
index 6c3a531631838c3cb77fbc1f97925cef610ff78b..34312011ee8ee76596bebf0022f8d88a0d1c3740 100644
--- a/repository/repo_testing.go
+++ b/repository/repo_testing.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func RepoTest(t *testing.T, creator RepoCreator, cleaner RepoCleaner) {
 
 		ls, err = repo.ListRefs("refs/bugs")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, []string{"refs/bugs/ref1", "refs/bugs/ref2"}, ls)
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"refs/bugs/ref1", "refs/bugs/ref2"}, ls)
 
 		commits, err := repo.ListCommits("refs/bugs/ref2")
 		require.NoError(t, err)