diff --git a/examples/cockroachdb/cockroachdb_test.go b/examples/cockroachdb/cockroachdb_test.go
index 22bdef01f9..02a0840f62 100644
--- a/examples/cockroachdb/cockroachdb_test.go
+++ b/examples/cockroachdb/cockroachdb_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 // Task represents a unit of work to complete. We're going to be using this in
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ func TestIntegrationDBInsertSelect(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if !cmp.Equal(tsk, savedTsk) {
-		t.Fatalf("Saved task is not the same:\n%s", cmp.Diff(tsk, savedTsk))
-	}
+	assert.Equal(t, tsk.ID, savedTsk.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, tsk.Description, savedTsk.Description)
+	assert.Equal(t, tsk.DateDue, savedTsk.DateDue)
+	assert.Equal(t, tsk.DateCreated.Local().String(), savedTsk.DateCreated.Local().String())
+	assert.Equal(t, tsk.DateUpdated.Local().String(), savedTsk.DateUpdated.Local().String())
 }
diff --git a/examples/cockroachdb/go.mod b/examples/cockroachdb/go.mod
index 1ce9313069..ac4d40c789 100644
--- a/examples/cockroachdb/go.mod
+++ b/examples/cockroachdb/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/examples/cockroachdb
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.17.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.15.0
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.8.2
 )
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/theupdateframework/notary v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tonistiigi/fsutil v0.0.0-20220930225714-4638ad635be5 // indirect
 	github.com/tonistiigi/units v0.0.0-20180711220420-6950e57a87ea // indirect