diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/httpfileupload/SlotRequestCreateTest.java b/smack-experimental/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/httpfileupload/SlotRequestCreateTest.java
index e72c9dcf4..525322357 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/httpfileupload/SlotRequestCreateTest.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/httpfileupload/SlotRequestCreateTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.httpfileupload;
 
+import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.assertXMLEqual;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.httpfileupload.element.SlotRequest;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.jxmpp.jid.JidTestUtil;
-import org.jxmpp.stringprep.XmppStringprepException;
-
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 public class SlotRequestCreateTest {
 
@@ -40,25 +43,25 @@ public class SlotRequestCreateTest {
             + "/>";
 
     @Test
-    public void checkSlotRequestCreation() throws XmppStringprepException {
+    public void checkSlotRequestCreation() throws SAXException, IOException {
         SlotRequest slotRequest = new SlotRequest(JidTestUtil.DOMAIN_BARE_JID_1, "my_juliet.png", 23456, "image/jpeg");
 
         Assert.assertEquals("my_juliet.png", slotRequest.getFilename());
         Assert.assertEquals(23456, slotRequest.getSize());
         Assert.assertEquals("image/jpeg", slotRequest.getContentType());
 
-        Assert.assertEquals(testRequest, slotRequest.getChildElementXML().toString());
+        assertXMLEqual(testRequest, slotRequest.getChildElementXML().toString());
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void checkSlotRequestCreationWithoutContentType() throws XmppStringprepException {
+    public void checkSlotRequestCreationWithoutContentType() throws SAXException, IOException {
         SlotRequest slotRequest = new SlotRequest(JidTestUtil.DOMAIN_BARE_JID_1, "my_romeo.png", 52523);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("my_romeo.png", slotRequest.getFilename());
         Assert.assertEquals(52523, slotRequest.getSize());
         Assert.assertEquals(null, slotRequest.getContentType());
 
-        Assert.assertEquals(testRequestWithoutContentType, slotRequest.getChildElementXML().toString());
+        assertXMLEqual(testRequestWithoutContentType, slotRequest.getChildElementXML().toString());
     }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)