diff --git a/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs b/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
index 532ee8fd8..d1151bdd2 100644
--- a/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
+++ b/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ pub mod fast_encode {
             leftover_buffer.extend(stolen_bytes);
 
             // After appending the stolen bytes to `leftover_buffer`, it should be the right size
-            assert!(leftover_buffer.len() == encode_in_chunks_of_size);
+            assert_eq!(leftover_buffer.len(), encode_in_chunks_of_size);
 
             // Encode the old unencoded data and the stolen bytes, and add the result to
             // `encoded_buffer`
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ pub mod fast_encode {
         let remainder = chunks_exact.remainder();
 
         for sl in chunks_exact {
-            assert!(sl.len() == encode_in_chunks_of_size);
+            assert_eq!(sl.len(), encode_in_chunks_of_size);
 
             supports_fast_decode_and_encode.encode_to_vec_deque(sl, encoded_buffer)?;
         }
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ pub mod fast_decode {
             leftover_buffer.extend(stolen_bytes);
 
             // After appending the stolen bytes to `leftover_buffer`, it should be the right size
-            assert!(leftover_buffer.len() == decode_in_chunks_of_size);
+            assert_eq!(leftover_buffer.len(), decode_in_chunks_of_size);
 
             // Decode the old un-decoded data and the stolen bytes, and add the result to
             // `decoded_buffer`
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ pub mod fast_decode {
         let remainder = chunks_exact.remainder();
 
         for sl in chunks_exact {
-            assert!(sl.len() == decode_in_chunks_of_size);
+            assert_eq!(sl.len(), decode_in_chunks_of_size);
 
             supports_fast_decode_and_encode.decode_into_vec(sl, decoded_buffer)?;
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index 84bc4a2ee..fcbca0dd5 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -1440,8 +1440,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_primes() {
         let (n, m) = (7901, 7919);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, n * m);
     }
@@ -1450,8 +1450,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_rel_prime_obs_greater() {
         let (n, m) = (7 * 5119, 13 * 5119);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, 7 * 13 * 5119);
     }
@@ -1460,8 +1460,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_rel_prime_ibs_greater() {
         let (n, m) = (13 * 5119, 7 * 5119);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, 7 * 13 * 5119);
     }
@@ -1470,8 +1470,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_3fac_rel_prime() {
         let (n, m) = (11 * 13 * 5119, 7 * 11 * 5119);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, 7 * 11 * 13 * 5119);
     }
@@ -1480,8 +1480,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_ibs_greater() {
         let (n, m) = (512 * 1024, 256 * 1024);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, n);
     }
@@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_obs_greater() {
         let (n, m) = (256 * 1024, 512 * 1024);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, m);
     }
@@ -1500,8 +1500,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn bsize_test_bs_eq() {
         let (n, m) = (1024, 1024);
         let res = calc_bsize(n, m);
-        assert!(res % n == 0);
-        assert!(res % m == 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % n, 0);
+        assert_eq!(res % m, 0);
 
         assert_eq!(res, m);
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
index 5f2466f16..b293d9a3f 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
+++ b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_gnu_compatibility() {
         let args = options("-n 1 -c 1 -n 5 -c kiB -vqvqv").unwrap(); // spell-checker:disable-line
-        assert!(args.mode == Mode::FirstBytes(1024));
+        assert_eq!(args.mode, Mode::FirstBytes(1024));
         assert!(args.verbose);
         assert_eq!(options("-5").unwrap().mode, Mode::FirstLines(5));
         assert_eq!(options("-2b").unwrap().mode, Mode::FirstBytes(1024));
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
index b024e99b7..06656a4dc 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
@@ -481,8 +481,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut options = get_valid_options();
         options.invalid = InvalidModes::Fail;
         handle_buffer(BufReader::new(&input_value[..]), &options).unwrap();
-        assert!(
-            get_exit_code() == 2,
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_exit_code(),
+            2,
             "should set exit code 2 for formatting errors"
         );
     }
@@ -502,8 +503,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut options = get_valid_options();
         options.invalid = InvalidModes::Fail;
         handle_args(input_value, &options).unwrap();
-        assert!(
-            get_exit_code() == 2,
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_exit_code(),
+            2,
             "should set exit code 2 for formatting errors"
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs b/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
index c6ba8bbf9..98679b746 100644
--- a/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
+++ b/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ fn parse_delimiters(delimiters: &str) -> UResult<Box<[Box<[u8]>]>> {
 fn remove_trailing_line_ending_byte(line_ending_byte: u8, output: &mut Vec<u8>) {
     if let Some(&byte) = output.last() {
         if byte == line_ending_byte {
-            assert!(output.pop() == Some(line_ending_byte));
+            assert_eq!(output.pop(), Some(line_ending_byte));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl<'a> DelimiterState<'a> {
             } else {
                 // This branch is NOT unreachable, must be skipped
                 // `output` should be empty in this case
-                assert!(output_len == 0);
+                assert_eq!(output_len, 0);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/shuf/src/rand_read_adapter.rs b/src/uu/shuf/src/rand_read_adapter.rs
index f377225a8..3f504c03d 100644
--- a/src/uu/shuf/src/rand_read_adapter.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shuf/src/rand_read_adapter.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut rng = ReadRng::new(&v[..]);
         rng.fill_bytes(&mut w);
 
-        assert!(v == w);
+        assert_eq!(v, w);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/buf_copy.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/buf_copy.rs
index 16138e67f..b650aeafd 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/buf_copy.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/buf_copy.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mod tests {
         });
         let result = copy_stream(&mut pipe_read, &mut dest_file).unwrap();
         thread.join().unwrap();
-        assert!(result == data.len() as u64);
+        assert_eq!(result, data.len() as u64);
 
         // We would have been at the end already, so seek again to the start.
         dest_file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/proc_info.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/proc_info.rs
index 0c30b6a96..bf6fa97d6 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/proc_info.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/proc_info.rs
@@ -492,13 +492,13 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_stat_split() {
         let case = "32 (idle_inject/3) S 2 0 0 0 -1 69238848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -51 0 1 0 34 0 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147483647 0 0 0 0 17 3 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0";
-        assert!(stat_split(case)[1] == "idle_inject/3");
+        assert_eq!(stat_split(case)[1], "idle_inject/3");
 
         let case = "3508 (sh) S 3478 3478 3478 0 -1 4194304 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 11911 2961408 238 18446744073709551615 94340156948480 94340157028757 140736274114368 0 0 0 0 4096 65538 1 0 0 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 94340157054704 94340157059616 94340163108864 140736274122780 140736274122976 140736274122976 140736274124784 0";
-        assert!(stat_split(case)[1] == "sh");
+        assert_eq!(stat_split(case)[1], "sh");
 
         let case = "47246 (kworker /10:1-events) I 2 0 0 0 -1 69238880 0 0 0 0 17 29 0 0 20 0 1 0 1396260 0 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147483647 0 0 0 0 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0";
-        assert!(stat_split(case)[1] == "kworker /10:1-events");
+        assert_eq!(stat_split(case)[1], "kworker /10:1-events");
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
index 1ef4e1966..e50d2a19d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
@@ -389,8 +389,14 @@ fn test_traverse_symlinks() {
             .arg("dir3/file")
             .succeeds();
 
-        assert!(at.plus("dir2/file").metadata().unwrap().gid() == first_group.as_raw());
-        assert!(at.plus("dir3/file").metadata().unwrap().gid() == first_group.as_raw());
+        assert_eq!(
+            at.plus("dir2/file").metadata().unwrap().gid(),
+            first_group.as_raw()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            at.plus("dir3/file").metadata().unwrap().gid(),
+            first_group.as_raw()
+        );
 
         ucmd.arg("-R")
             .args(args)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
index 7df1d1551..8386c4d32 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ fn run_single_test(test: &TestCase, at: &AtPath, mut ucmd: UCommand) {
     make_file(&at.plus_as_string(TEST_FILE), test.before);
     let perms = at.metadata(TEST_FILE).permissions().mode();
 
-    assert!(
-        perms == test.before,
+    assert_eq!(
+        perms, test.before,
         "{}: expected: {:o} got: {perms:o}",
-        "setting permissions on test files before actual test run failed",
-        test.after,
+        "setting permissions on test files before actual test run failed", test.after
     );
 
     for arg in &test.args {
@@ -58,10 +57,10 @@ fn run_single_test(test: &TestCase, at: &AtPath, mut ucmd: UCommand) {
     }
 
     let perms = at.metadata(TEST_FILE).permissions().mode();
-    assert!(
-        perms == test.after,
+    assert_eq!(
+        perms, test.after,
         "{ucmd}: expected: {:o} got: {perms:o}",
-        test.after,
+        test.after
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_env.rs b/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
index be9ab19cd..6911958bd 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
@@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ mod tests_split_iterator {
                     );
                 }
                 Ok(actual) => {
-                    assert!(
-                        expected == actual.as_slice(),
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        expected,
+                        actual.as_slice(),
                         "[{i}] After split({input:?}).unwrap()\nexpected: {expected:?}\n  actual: {actual:?}\n"
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
index 8bdd3bd31..2b3ad8a8c 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ fn test_install_copy_then_compare_file_with_extra_mode() {
     file2_meta = at.metadata(file2);
     let after_install_sticky = FileTime::from_last_modification_time(&file2_meta);
 
-    assert!(before != after_install_sticky);
+    assert_ne!(before, after_install_sticky);
 
     sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ fn test_install_copy_then_compare_file_with_extra_mode() {
     file2_meta = at.metadata(file2);
     let after_install_sticky_again = FileTime::from_last_modification_time(&file2_meta);
 
-    assert!(after_install_sticky != after_install_sticky_again);
+    assert_ne!(after_install_sticky, after_install_sticky_again);
 }
 
 const STRIP_TARGET_FILE: &str = "helloworld_installed";
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs b/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
index 8e1f4c736..f8965440c 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn test_shred() {
     // File exists
     assert!(at.file_exists(file));
     // File is obfuscated
-    assert!(at.read_bytes(file) != file_original_content.as_bytes());
+    assert_ne!(at.read_bytes(file), file_original_content.as_bytes());
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
index 042b2c251..7013207ae 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ fn test_filter_with_env_var_set() {
 
     let glob = Glob::new(&at, ".", r"x[[:alpha:]][[:alpha:]]$");
     assert_eq!(glob.collate(), at.read_bytes(name));
-    assert!(env::var("FILE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "var was unset".to_owned()) == env_var_value);
+    assert_eq!(
+        env::var("FILE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "var was unset".to_owned()),
+        env_var_value
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index e852b1bc6..746d21704 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fn test_touch_set_only_atime() {
 
         let start_of_year = str_to_filetime("%Y%m%d%H%M", "201501010000");
         let (atime, mtime) = get_file_times(&at, file);
-        assert!(atime != mtime);
+        assert_ne!(atime, mtime);
         assert_eq!(atime.unix_seconds() - start_of_year.unix_seconds(), 45240);
     }
 }
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ fn test_touch_set_only_mtime() {
 
         let start_of_year = str_to_filetime("%Y%m%d%H%M", "201501010000");
         let (atime, mtime) = get_file_times(&at, file);
-        assert!(atime != mtime);
+        assert_ne!(atime, mtime);
         assert_eq!(mtime.unix_seconds() - start_of_year.unix_seconds(), 45240);
     }
 }
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ fn test_touch_changes_time_of_file_in_stdout() {
         .no_stderr();
 
     let (_, mtime_after) = get_file_times(&at, file);
-    assert!(mtime_after != mtime);
+    assert_ne!(mtime_after, mtime);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_truncate.rs b/tests/by-util/test_truncate.rs
index 32e1b1520..789bd1d66 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_truncate.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_truncate.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fn test_increase_file_size() {
 
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn test_increase_file_size_kb() {
 
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn test_reference() {
 
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn test_decrease_file_size() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size=-4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn test_space_in_size() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", " 4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn test_at_most_shrinks() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", "<4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fn test_at_most_no_change() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", "<40", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fn test_at_least_grows() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", ">15", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn test_at_least_no_change() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", ">4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ fn test_round_down() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", "/4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn test_round_up() {
     ucmd.args(&["--size", "%4", FILE2]).succeeds();
     file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ fn test_size_and_reference() {
         .succeeds();
     file2.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
     let actual = file2.stream_position().unwrap();
-    assert!(expected == actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual, "expected '{expected}' got '{actual}'");
 }
 
 #[test]