diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests.Common/VerifiableLoggedTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests.Common/VerifiableLoggedTest.cs
index 50487d9a2..233ef5388 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests.Common/VerifiableLoggedTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests.Common/VerifiableLoggedTest.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class VerifiableLoggedTest(ITestOutputHelper output) : LoggedTest(output)
 {
     public static async Task RetryWhenExceptionThrows(Func<Task> asyncFunc, int maxCount = 3)
     {
-        AssertActualExpectedException last = null;
+        NotEqualException last = null;
         int i;
         for (i = 0; i < maxCount; i++)
         {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public static async Task RetryWhenExceptionThrows(Func<Task> asyncFunc, int maxC
                 await asyncFunc();
                 break;
             }
-            catch (AssertActualExpectedException e)
+            catch (NotEqualException e)
             {
                 last = e;
                 continue;