diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_nbmanager.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_nbmanager.py
index d151386cd..643681abf 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_nbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_nbmanager.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ class TestNotebookManager(TestCase):
     def test_nb_dir(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as td:
             km = FileNotebookManager(notebook_dir=td)
-            self.assertEquals(km.notebook_dir, td)
+            self.assertEqual(km.notebook_dir, td)
 
     def test_create_nb_dir(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as td:
             nbdir = os.path.join(td, 'notebooks')
             km = FileNotebookManager(notebook_dir=nbdir)
-            self.assertEquals(km.notebook_dir, nbdir)
+            self.assertEqual(km.notebook_dir, nbdir)
 
     def test_missing_nb_dir(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as td: