diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/AbstractHlrcXContentTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/AbstractHlrcXContentTestCase.java
index d6d8f9afe3659..dfe81ab79ce45 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/AbstractHlrcXContentTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/AbstractHlrcXContentTestCase.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public final void testHlrcFromXContent() throws IOException {
         AbstractXContentTestCase.testFromXContent(NUMBER_OF_TEST_RUNS, this::createTestInstance, supportsUnknownFields(),
             getShuffleFieldsExceptions(), getRandomFieldsExcludeFilter(), this::createParser,
             p -> convertHlrcToInternal(doHlrcParseInstance(p)),
-            this::assertEqualInstances, true, getToXContentParams());
+            this::assertEqualInstances, assertToXContentEquivalence(), getToXContentParams());
     }
 
     /**