diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bba7f617876c..442b45fafa92b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <powermock.version>2.0.2</powermock.version>
     <javassist.version>3.25.0-GA</javassist.version>
     <failsafe.version>2.3.1</failsafe.version>
+    <skyscreamer.version>1.5.0</skyscreamer.version>
 
     <!-- Plugin dependencies -->
     <protobuf-maven-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pulsar-client/pom.xml b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
index e3eab8b3cb649..dca5f4f81987d 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@
       <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
+      <version>${skyscreamer.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency> 
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AvroSchemaTest.java b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AvroSchemaTest.java
index caeb8ac8393a6..0aa45aff4356b 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AvroSchemaTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AvroSchemaTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.schema.SchemaTestUtils.Foo;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.schema.SchemaInfo;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.schema.SchemaType;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -142,13 +144,17 @@ public void testSchemaDefinition() throws SchemaValidationException {
         }
     }
 
+    public void assertJSONEquals(String s1, String s2) throws JSONException {
+        JSONAssert.assertEquals(s1, s2, false);
+    }
+
     @Test
-    public void testNotAllowNullSchema() {
+    public void testNotAllowNullSchema() throws JSONException {
         AvroSchema<Foo> avroSchema = AvroSchema.of(SchemaDefinition.<Foo>builder().withPojo(Foo.class).withAlwaysAllowNull(false).build());
         assertEquals(avroSchema.getSchemaInfo().getType(), SchemaType.AVRO);
         Schema.Parser parser = new Schema.Parser();
         String schemaJson = new String(avroSchema.getSchemaInfo().getSchema());
-        assertEquals(schemaJson, SCHEMA_AVRO_NOT_ALLOW_NULL);
+        assertJSONEquals(schemaJson, SCHEMA_AVRO_NOT_ALLOW_NULL);
         Schema schema = parser.parse(schemaJson);
 
         for (String fieldName : FOO_FIELDS) {
@@ -165,13 +171,13 @@ public void testNotAllowNullSchema() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testAllowNullSchema() {
+    public void testAllowNullSchema() throws JSONException {
         AvroSchema<Foo> avroSchema = AvroSchema.of(SchemaDefinition.<Foo>builder().withPojo(Foo.class).build());
         assertEquals(avroSchema.getSchemaInfo().getType(), SchemaType.AVRO);
         Schema.Parser parser = new Schema.Parser();
         parser.setValidateDefaults(false);
         String schemaJson = new String(avroSchema.getSchemaInfo().getSchema());
-        assertEquals(schemaJson, SCHEMA_AVRO_ALLOW_NULL);
+        assertJSONEquals(schemaJson, SCHEMA_AVRO_ALLOW_NULL);
         Schema schema = parser.parse(schemaJson);
 
         for (String fieldName : FOO_FIELDS) {