diff --git a/rest/tests/test_vocabulary.py b/rest/tests/test_vocabulary.py
index 074a96b2..714a6500 100644
--- a/rest/tests/test_vocabulary.py
+++ b/rest/tests/test_vocabulary.py
@@ -421,17 +421,18 @@ def test_vocabulary_pagination(self):
         # should still be the only thing there.
         self.assertEqual(vocabs.count(), 1)
         expected = [
-            Vocabulary.objects.create(
+            VocabularySerializer(Vocabulary.objects.create(
                 repository=self.repo,
                 name="name{i}".format(i=i),
                 description="description",
                 required=True,
                 vocabulary_type=Vocabulary.FREE_TAGGING,
                 weight=1000,
-            ) for i in range(40)]
+            )).data for i in range(40)]
 
         # The curator status vocabulary will be first by ID.
-        expected.append(vocabs[0])
+        expected.append(VocabularySerializer(vocabs[0]).data)
+        expected.sort(key=lambda x: x["id"])
 
         resp = self.client.get(
             '{repo_base}{repo_slug}/vocabularies/'.format(
@@ -442,15 +443,14 @@ def test_vocabulary_pagination(self):
         vocabularies = as_json(resp)
         self.assertEqual(41, vocabularies['count'])
 
-        # Sort both lists in preparation for comparison.
-        expected_dicts = [VocabularySerializer(x).data for x in expected]
-        expected_dicts.sort(key=lambda x: x["id"])
+        # Sort both lists in preparation for comparisons.
+        expected.sort(key=lambda x: x["id"])
         from_api = sorted(vocabularies['results'], key=lambda x: x["id"])
 
         expected_count = 20
         self.assertEqual(expected_count, len(from_api))
         self.assertEqual(
-            expected_dicts[:expected_count],
+            expected[:expected_count],
             from_api,
         )
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def test_vocabulary_pagination(self):
         self.assertEqual(41, vocabularies['count'])
         self.assertEqual(
             from_api,
-            expected_dicts[expected_count:expected_count*2],
+            expected[expected_count:expected_count*2],
         )
 
     def test_term_pagination(self):