diff --git a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/nsx_tvd/test_plugin.py b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/nsx_tvd/test_plugin.py
index 2dcb2cb9c3..b5507cb57b 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/nsx_tvd/test_plugin.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/nsx_tvd/test_plugin.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class TestPluginWithDefaultPlugin(NsxTVDPluginTestCase):
         self._test_plugin_initialized()
 
         # no unsupported extensions for the nsx_t plugin
-        self.assertItemsEqual(
+        self.assertCountEqual(
             ['router_type', 'router_size'],
             self.core_plugin._unsupported_fields[self.plugin_type]['router'])
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class TestPluginWithDvs(TestPluginWithDefaultPlugin):
         self._test_plugin_initialized()
 
         # no unsupported extensions for the dvs plugin
-        self.assertItemsEqual(
+        self.assertCountEqual(
             ['mac_learning_enabled', 'provider_security_groups'],
             self.core_plugin._unsupported_fields[self.plugin_type]['port'])
 
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxp_driver.py b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxp_driver.py
index b7c5d984ad..cc69600a5c 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxp_driver.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxp_driver.py
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ class TestEdgeLbaasV2Pool(BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2):
                 name=mock.ANY,
                 tags=mock.ANY)
         # Compare tags - kw args are the last item of a mock call tuple
-        self.assertItemsEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
+        self.assertCountEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
             [{'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-id', 'tag': 'xxx-xxx'},
                 {'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-name', 'tag': 'lb1'},
                 {'scope': 'os-lbaas-listener-id', 'tag': 'listener-x'}])
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ class TestEdgeLbaasV2Pool(BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2):
                 name=mock.ANY,
                 tags=mock.ANY)
         # Compare tags - kw args are the last item of a mock call tuple
-        self.assertItemsEqual(mock_update_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
+        self.assertCountEqual(mock_update_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
             [{'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-id', 'tag': 'xxx-xxx'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-name', 'tag': 'lb1'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-listener-id', 'tag': 'listener-x'}])
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
index 79aa56737b..e9d5ced73a 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ class TestEdgeLbaasV2Pool(BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2):
                 display_name=mock.ANY,
                 tags=mock.ANY)
         # Compare tags - kw args are the last item of a mock call tuple
-        self.assertItemsEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
+        self.assertCountEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
             [{'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-id', 'tag': 'xxx-xxx'},
                 {'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-name', 'tag': 'lb1'},
                 {'scope': 'os-lbaas-listener-id', 'tag': 'listener-x'}])
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ class TestEdgeLbaasV2Pool(BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2):
                 display_name=mock.ANY,
                 tags=mock.ANY)
         # Compare tags - kw args are the last item of a mock call tuple
-        self.assertItemsEqual(mock_update_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
+        self.assertCountEqual(mock_update_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
             [{'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-id', 'tag': 'xxx-xxx'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-name', 'tag': 'lb1'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-listener-id', 'tag': 'listener-x'}])
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ class TestEdgeLbaasV2Pool(BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2):
                 display_name=mock.ANY,
                 tags=mock.ANY)
         # Compare tags - kw args are the last item of a mock call tuple
-        self.assertItemsEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
+        self.assertCountEqual(mock_create_pp.mock_calls[0][-1]['tags'],
             [{'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-id', 'tag': 'xxx-xxx'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-lb-name', 'tag': 'lb1'},
              {'scope': 'os-lbaas-listener-id', 'tag': 'listener-x'}])