diff --git a/components/camel-json-validator/pom.xml b/components/camel-json-validator/pom.xml
index 41c88b72645e7..8d813b389a3d2 100644
--- a/components/camel-json-validator/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-json-validator/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
             <artifactId>camel-test-junit6</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-json-validator/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/jsonvalidator/ValidatorRouteTest.java b/components/camel-json-validator/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/jsonvalidator/ValidatorRouteTest.java
index 80a86b28615b9..62168e38fb040 100644
--- a/components/camel-json-validator/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/jsonvalidator/ValidatorRouteTest.java
+++ b/components/camel-json-validator/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/jsonvalidator/ValidatorRouteTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.camel.test.junit6.CamelTestSupport;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class ValidatorRouteTest extends CamelTestSupport {
@@ -110,8 +111,9 @@ public void testNullHeader() throws Exception {
 
         Exception exception = out.getException();
         assertTrue(out.isFailed(), "Should be failed");
-        assertTrue(exception instanceof NoJsonHeaderValidationException, "Exception should be correct type");
-        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("headerToValidate"), "Exception should mention missing header");
+        assertThat(exception)
+                .isInstanceOf(NoJsonHeaderValidationException.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining("headerToValidate");
     }
 
     @Test