diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 437d0228..9c894ffc 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
                            '<a href="|tag|tagname">link</a>')
         page = Page(**args)
         content = page.get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(content, ('A simple test, with a '
-                                    '<a href="tag/tagname.html">link</a>'))
+        self.assertEqual(content, ('A simple test, with a '
+                                   '<a href="tag/tagname.html">link</a>'))
 
         # Category
         args['content'] = ('A simple test, with a '
                            '<a href="|category|category">link</a>')
         page = Page(**args)
         content = page.get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(content,
-                          ('A simple test, with a '
-                           '<a href="category/category.html">link</a>'))
+        self.assertEqual(content,
+                         ('A simple test, with a '
+                          '<a href="category/category.html">link</a>'))
 
     def test_intrasite_link(self):
         # type does not take unicode in PY2 and bytes in PY3, which in
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
             '<a href="|filename|article.rst">link</a>'
         )
         content = Page(**args).get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             content,
             'A simple test, with a '
             '<a href="http://notmyidea.org/article.html">link</a>'
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
             '<a href="|filename|article.rst#section-2">link</a>'
         )
         content = Page(**args).get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             content,
             'A simple test, with a '
             '<a href="http://notmyidea.org/article.html#section-2">link</a>'
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
             '?utm_whatever=234&highlight=word">link</a>'
         )
         content = Page(**args).get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             content,
             'A simple test, with a '
             '<a href="http://notmyidea.org/article.html'
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
             '?utm_whatever=234&highlight=word#section-2">link</a>'
         )
         content = Page(**args).get_content('http://notmyidea.org')
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             content,
             'A simple test, with a '
             '<a href="http://notmyidea.org/article.html'