diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/compiler/lib/passes/1-normalization/keywords/impl.ts b/packages/@glimmer/compiler/lib/passes/1-normalization/keywords/impl.ts
index 5080db8994..0804a006d6 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/compiler/lib/passes/1-normalization/keywords/impl.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/compiler/lib/passes/1-normalization/keywords/impl.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class KeywordImpl<
     protected keyword: S,
     type: KeywordType,
     private delegate: KeywordDelegate<KeywordMatches[K], Param, Out>,
-    private options?: { strictOnly: boolean },
+    private options?: { strictOnly: boolean }
   ) {
     let nodes = new Set<KeywordNode['type']>();
     for (let nodeType of KEYWORD_NODES[type]) {
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ class KeywordImpl<
     this.types = nodes;
   }
 
-  protected match(node: KeywordCandidates[K], state: NormalizationState): node is KeywordMatches[K] {
+  protected match(
+    node: KeywordCandidates[K],
+    state: NormalizationState
+  ): node is KeywordMatches[K] {
     // some keywords are enabled only in strict mode. None are planned to be loose mode only
     if (this.options?.strictOnly) {
       if (state.isStrict === false) {
@@ -145,7 +148,12 @@ export function keyword<
   D extends KeywordDelegate<KeywordMatches[K], unknown, Out>,
   Out = unknown
 >(keyword: string, type: K, delegate: D, options?: { strictOnly: boolean }): Keyword<K, Out> {
-  return new KeywordImpl(keyword, type, delegate as KeywordDelegate<KeywordMatch, unknown, Out>, options);
+  return new KeywordImpl(
+    keyword,
+    type,
+    delegate as KeywordDelegate<KeywordMatch, unknown, Out>,
+    options
+  );
 }
 
 export type PossibleKeyword = KeywordNode;
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/integration-tests/test/keywords/equality-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer/integration-tests/test/keywords/equality-test.ts
index 14f12a6468..6713945857 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/integration-tests/test/keywords/equality-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/integration-tests/test/keywords/equality-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RenderTest, test, jitSuite, defineComponent } from '../..';
+import { RenderTest, test, jitSuite, defineComponent, trackedObj } from '../..';
 
 class EqualTest extends RenderTest {
   static suiteName = '{{eq}} keyword';
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ class EqualTest extends RenderTest {
 
   @test
   ['correctly renders when values update eq']() {
+    let args = trackedObj({ foo: 123, bar: 456 });
+
     const AComponent = defineComponent({}, '{{eq @foo @bar}}');
-    this.renderComponent(AComponent, { foo: 123, bar: 456 });
+    this.renderComponent(AComponent, args);
 
     this.assertHTML('false');
-    this.assertStableRerender();
 
-    this.rerender({ foo: 456 });
+    args.foo = 456;
+    this.rerender();
 
     this.assertHTML('true');
   }
@@ -86,11 +88,14 @@ class NotEqualTest extends RenderTest {
 
   @test
   ['correctly renders when values update neq']() {
+    let args = trackedObj({ foo: 123, bar: 456 });
+
     const AComponent = defineComponent({}, '{{neq @foo @bar}}');
-    this.renderComponent(AComponent, { foo: 123, bar: 456 });
+    this.renderComponent(AComponent, args);
 
     this.assertHTML('true');
 
+    args.foo = 456;
     this.rerender({ foo: 456 });
 
     this.assertHTML('false');