diff --git a/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/bson/JodaConverterPluginSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/bson/JodaConverterPluginSpec.scala
index 99210833..d3bf7a2c 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/bson/JodaConverterPluginSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/bson/JodaConverterPluginSpec.scala
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ class JodaConverterPluginSpec extends Specification with BeforeAfterAll {
   "JodaConverterPlugin" should {
 
     "convert joda dates to bson dates" in {
-      val dateTime     = new DateTime("2023-11-02")
-      val bsonDocument = BsonConverter.toBson(dateTime)
-      (bsonDocument.toString must be).equalTo("BsonDateTime{value=1698879600000}")
+      val dateTime      = new DateTime("2023-11-02")
+      val bsonDocument  = BsonConverter.toBson(dateTime)
+      val roundTripDate = new DateTime(bsonDocument.asDateTime().getValue)
+      (roundTripDate must be).equalTo(dateTime)
     }
 
     "convert joda duration to bson string" in {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/lucene/LuceneSearchSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/lucene/LuceneSearchSpec.scala
index f7138b45..5f4763c8 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/lucene/LuceneSearchSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/dev/mongocamp/driver/mongodb/lucene/LuceneSearchSpec.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ class LuceneSearchSpec extends PersonSpecification {
 
     "between filter for date value" in {
       val luceneQuery = LuceneQueryConverter.parse("[2014-04-20T00:00:00Z TO 2014-04-22T23:59:59Z]", "registered")
-      val search      = PersonDAO.find(LuceneQueryConverter.toDocument(luceneQuery), sortByBalance).resultList()
+      val luceneDocument = LuceneQueryConverter.toDocument(luceneQuery)
+      luceneDocument.toString must beEqualTo("Iterable((registered,{\"$lte\": {\"$date\": \"2014-04-22T21:59:59Z\"}, \"$gte\": {\"$date\": \"2014-04-19T22:00:00Z\"}}))")
+      val search      = PersonDAO.find(luceneDocument, sortByBalance).resultList()
       search must haveSize(10)
       search.head.age mustEqual 25
       search.head.name mustEqual "Allison Turner"