diff --git a/test/consuming-services.test.js b/test/consuming-services.test.js
index b4c92169..37a30d73 100644
--- a/test/consuming-services.test.js
+++ b/test/consuming-services.test.js
@@ -32,6 +32,27 @@ describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
             })
         })
     }).where(`name like`, 'E%')
+    if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+      expect(authors).to.containSubset([
+        {
+          name: 'Emily Brontë',
+          books: [
+            {
+              title: 'Wuthering Heights',
+              currency: { name: 'British Pound', symbol: '£' },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Edgar Allen Poe',
+          books: [
+            { title: 'The Raven', currency: { name: 'US Dollar', symbol: '$' } },
+            { title: 'Eleonora', currency: { name: 'US Dollar', symbol: '$' } },
+          ],
+        },
+      ])
+      return
+    }
     expect(authors).to.containSubset([
       {
         name: 'Emily Brontë',
diff --git a/test/hierarchical-data.test.js b/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
index 2e5e86e5..299a18d0 100644
--- a/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
+++ b/test/hierarchical-data.test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ describe('Hierarchical Data', ()=>{
   ))
 
 	it ('supports nested reads', async()=>{
+		if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+			expect (await
+				SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
+					c.ID, c.name.as('parent'), c.children (c=>{
+						c.name.as('child')
+					})
+				}) .where ({name:'Cat'})
+			) .to.eql (
+				{ ID:101, parent:'Cat', children:[
+					{ child:'Kitty' },
+					{ child:'Catwoman' },
+				]}
+			)
+			return
+		}
 		expect (await
 			SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
 				c.ID, c.name.as('parent'), c.children (c=>{
@@ -50,6 +65,25 @@ describe('Hierarchical Data', ()=>{
 	})
 
 	it ('supports deeply nested reads', async()=>{
+		if (cds.version >= '5.9.0') {
+			expect (await SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
+				c.ID, c.name, c.children (
+					c => { c.name },
+					{levels:3}
+				)
+			}) .where ({name:'Cat'})
+			) .to.eql (
+				{ ID:101, name:'Cat', children:[
+					{ name:'Kitty', children:[
+						{ name:'Kitty Cat', children:[
+							{ name:'Aristocat' }, ]},  // level 3
+						{ name:'Kitty Bat', children:[] }, ]},
+					{ name:'Catwoman', children:[
+						{ name:'Catalina', children:[] } ]},
+				]}
+			)
+			return
+		}
 		expect (await SELECT.one.from (Cats, c=>{
 			c.ID, c.name, c.children (
 				c => { c.name },