diff --git a/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest.kt b/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest.kt
index 877dc3e9..23d12872 100644
--- a/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest.kt
+++ b/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaBuilder
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.neo4j.connectors.kafka.utils.JSONUtils
-import org.neo4j.driver.Values
 
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
 class Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest {
@@ -125,9 +124,7 @@ class Neo4jValueConverterNestedStructTest {
     }
 
     fun getExpectedMap(): Map<String, Any?> {
-      return JSONUtils.readValue<Map<String, Any?>>(data).mapValues(::convertDateNew).mapValues {
-        Values.value(it.value)
-      }
+      return JSONUtils.readValue<Map<String, Any?>>(data).mapValues(::convertDateNew)
     }
 
     fun convertDate(it: Map.Entry<String, Any?>): Any? =
diff --git a/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterTest.kt b/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterTest.kt
index 042267a2..d9676511 100644
--- a/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterTest.kt
+++ b/sink/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/connectors/kafka/sink/converters/Neo4jValueConverterTest.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Time
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Timestamp
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.neo4j.driver.Value
-import org.neo4j.driver.Values
 
 class Neo4jValueConverterTest {
 
@@ -458,33 +456,24 @@ class Neo4jValueConverterTest {
       return Struct(BODY_SCHEMA).put("ul", ulList).put("p", pList)
     }
 
-    fun getExpectedMap(): Map<String, Value> {
+    fun getExpectedMap(): Map<String, Any?> {
       val firstULMap =
           mapOf(
               "value" to
                   listOf(
+                      mapOf("value" to "First UL - First Element", "class" to null),
                       mapOf(
-                          "value" to Values.value("First UL - First Element"),
-                          "class" to Values.NULL),
-                      mapOf(
-                          "value" to Values.value("First UL - Second Element"),
-                          "class" to Values.value(listOf("ClassA", "ClassB")))))
+                          "value" to "First UL - Second Element",
+                          "class" to listOf("ClassA", "ClassB"))))
       val secondULMap =
           mapOf(
               "value" to
                   listOf(
-                      mapOf(
-                          "value" to Values.value("Second UL - First Element"),
-                          "class" to Values.NULL),
-                      mapOf(
-                          "value" to Values.value("Second UL - Second Element"),
-                          "class" to Values.NULL)))
-      val ulListMap = Values.value(listOf(firstULMap, secondULMap))
+                      mapOf("value" to "Second UL - First Element", "class" to null),
+                      mapOf("value" to "Second UL - Second Element", "class" to null)))
+      val ulListMap = listOf(firstULMap, secondULMap)
       val pListMap =
-          Values.value(
-              listOf(
-                  mapOf("value" to Values.value("First Paragraph")),
-                  mapOf("value" to Values.value("Second Paragraph"))))
+          listOf(mapOf("value" to "First Paragraph"), mapOf("value" to "Second Paragraph"))
       return mapOf("ul" to ulListMap, "p" to pListMap)
     }