diff --git a/bittorrent/event_test.go b/bittorrent/event_test.go
index 637f69b..2dc3cb7 100644
--- a/bittorrent/event_test.go
+++ b/bittorrent/event_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package bittorrent
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range table {
 		got, err := NewEvent(tt.data)
-		assert.Equal(t, err, tt.expectedErr, "errors should equal the expected value")
-		assert.Equal(t, got, tt.expected, "events should equal the expected value")
+		require.Equal(t, err, tt.expectedErr, "errors should equal the expected value")
+		require.Equal(t, got, tt.expected, "events should equal the expected value")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/frontend/http/bencode/decoder_test.go b/frontend/http/bencode/decoder_test.go
index 485a47a..781f561 100644
--- a/frontend/http/bencode/decoder_test.go
+++ b/frontend/http/bencode/decoder_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package bencode
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 var unmarshalTests = []struct {
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ var unmarshalTests = []struct {
 func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range unmarshalTests {
 		got, err := Unmarshal([]byte(tt.input))
-		assert.Nil(t, err, "unmarshal should not fail")
-		assert.Equal(t, got, tt.expected, "unmarshalled values should match the expected results")
+		require.Nil(t, err, "unmarshal should not fail")
+		require.Equal(t, got, tt.expected, "unmarshalled values should match the expected results")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func TestUnmarshalLarge(t *testing.T) {
 	dec := NewDecoder(&bufferLoop{string(buf)})
 
 	got, err := dec.Decode()
-	assert.Nil(t, err, "decode should not fail")
-	assert.Equal(t, got, data, "encoding and decoding should equal the original value")
+	require.Nil(t, err, "decode should not fail")
+	require.Equal(t, got, data, "encoding and decoding should equal the original value")
 }
 
 func BenchmarkUnmarshalLarge(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/frontend/http/bencode/encoder_test.go b/frontend/http/bencode/encoder_test.go
index 783032b..e6858b0 100644
--- a/frontend/http/bencode/encoder_test.go
+++ b/frontend/http/bencode/encoder_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 var marshalTests = []struct {
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ var marshalTests = []struct {
 func TestMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range marshalTests {
 		got, err := Marshal(test.input)
-		assert.Nil(t, err, "marshal should not fail")
-		assert.Contains(t, test.expected, string(got), "the marshaled result should be one of the expected permutations")
+		require.Nil(t, err, "marshal should not fail")
+		require.Contains(t, test.expected, string(got), "the marshaled result should be one of the expected permutations")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/http/writer_test.go b/frontend/http/writer_test.go
index fbbb9b7..155f767 100644
--- a/frontend/http/writer_test.go
+++ b/frontend/http/writer_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/chihaya/chihaya/bittorrent"
 )
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ func TestWriteError(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range table {
 		r := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		err := WriteError(r, bittorrent.ClientError(tt.reason))
-		assert.Nil(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, r.Body.String(), tt.expected)
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, r.Body.String(), tt.expected)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestWriteStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	err := WriteError(r, bittorrent.ClientError("something is missing"))
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, r.Body.String(), "d14:failure reason20:something is missinge")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, r.Body.String(), "d14:failure reason20:something is missinge")
 }