diff --git a/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_tsigkeys.py b/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_tsigkeys.py
index 65403ab21..ca86dec5d 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_tsigkeys.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_tsigkeys.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ApiV2TsigKeysTest(ApiV2TestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(response.json['updated_at'])
 
         # Check the supplied values returned are what we expect
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(fixture, response.json)
+        self.assertLessEqual(fixture.items(), response.json.items())
 
     def test_create_tsigkey_validation(self):
         # NOTE: The schemas should be tested separately to the API. So we
diff --git a/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py b/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
index 7d8df07d0..4c6a7ef1f 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
@@ -2903,15 +2903,18 @@ class CentralServiceTest(CentralTestCase):
 
         # Compare the actual values of attributes and ns_records
         for k in range(0, len(values['attributes'])):
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-                values['attributes'][k],
+            self.assertLessEqual(
+                values['attributes'][k].items(),
                 pool['attributes'][k].to_primitive()['designate_object.data']
+                .items()
             )
 
         for k in range(0, len(values['ns_records'])):
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-                values['ns_records'][k],
-                pool['ns_records'][k].to_primitive()['designate_object.data'])
+            self.assertLessEqual(
+                values['ns_records'][k].items(),
+                pool['ns_records'][k].to_primitive()['designate_object.data']
+                .items()
+            )
 
     def test_get_pool(self):
         # Create a server pool