diff --git a/test/consuming-services.test.js b/test/consuming-services.test.js
index 37a30d73..c86f5b49 100644
--- a/test/consuming-services.test.js
+++ b/test/consuming-services.test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
             })
         })
     }).where(`name like`, 'E%')
-    if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+    if (require('semver').gte(cds.version, '5.9.0')) {
       expect(authors).to.containSubset([
         {
           name: 'Emily Brontë',
diff --git a/test/hierarchical-data.test.js b/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
index 299a18d0..167f6242 100644
--- a/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
+++ b/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Hierarchical Data', ()=>{
   ))
 
 	it ('supports nested reads', async()=>{
-		if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+		if (require('semver').gte(cds.version, '5.9.0')) {
 			expect (await
 				SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
 					c.ID, c.name.as('parent'), c.children (c=>{
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('Hierarchical Data', ()=>{
 	})
 
 	it ('supports deeply nested reads', async()=>{
-		if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+		if (require('semver').gte(cds.version, '5.9.0')) {
 			expect (await SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
 				c.ID, c.name, c.children (
 					c => { c.name },