diff --git a/src/crestodian/audit.test.ts b/src/crestodian/audit.test.ts
index 7506c0411fee..43a2ac320252 100644
--- a/src/crestodian/audit.test.ts
+++ b/src/crestodian/audit.test.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ describe("Crestodian audit log", () => {
     expect(auditPath).toBe(resolveCrestodianAuditPath());
     const lines = (await fs.readFile(auditPath, "utf8")).trim().split("\n");
     expect(lines).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(JSON.parse(lines[0] ?? "{}")).toMatchObject({
-      operation: "config.setDefaultModel",
-      summary: "Set default model to openai/gpt-5.2",
-      configHashBefore: "before",
-      configHashAfter: "after",
-    });
+    const entry = JSON.parse(lines[0] ?? "{}") as Record<string, unknown>;
+    expect(entry.operation).toBe("config.setDefaultModel");
+    expect(entry.summary).toBe("Set default model to openai/gpt-5.2");
+    expect(entry.configHashBefore).toBe("before");
+    expect(entry.configHashAfter).toBe("after");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/crestodian/overview.test.ts b/src/crestodian/overview.test.ts
index ab37aa2729d8..b92cde16b30b 100644
--- a/src/crestodian/overview.test.ts
+++ b/src/crestodian/overview.test.ts
@@ -52,19 +52,15 @@ describe("loadCrestodianOverview", () => {
       },
     });
 
-    expect(overview.config).toMatchObject({
-      exists: true,
-      valid: true,
-    });
+    expect(overview.config.exists).toBe(true);
+    expect(overview.config.valid).toBe(true);
     expect(overview.defaultAgentId).toBe("main");
     expect(overview.defaultModel).toBe("openai/gpt-5.2");
     expect(overview.agents.map((agent) => agent.id)).toEqual(["main", "work"]);
     expect(overview.tools.codex.found).toBe(true);
     expect(overview.tools.claude.found).toBe(false);
-    expect(overview.gateway).toMatchObject({
-      url: "ws://127.0.0.1:19001",
-      reachable: false,
-    });
+    expect(overview.gateway.url).toBe("ws://127.0.0.1:19001");
+    expect(overview.gateway.reachable).toBe(false);
     expect(overview.references.docsPath).toMatch(/docs$/);
     expect(overview.references.sourceUrl).toBe("https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw");
     expect(formatCrestodianOverview(overview)).toContain(
diff --git a/src/crestodian/rescue-channel.live.test.ts b/src/crestodian/rescue-channel.live.test.ts
index b0a10b9f6653..b35066d22020 100644
--- a/src/crestodian/rescue-channel.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/crestodian/rescue-channel.live.test.ts
@@ -98,11 +98,14 @@ describeLive("Crestodian live rescue channel smoke", () => {
     );
 
     const config = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configPath, "utf8")) as OpenClawConfig;
-    expect(config.agents?.defaults?.model).toMatchObject({ primary: "openai/gpt-5.5" });
+    const defaultModel = config.agents?.defaults?.model;
+    expect(typeof defaultModel).toBe("object");
+    expect(defaultModel).not.toBeNull();
+    expect((defaultModel as { primary?: unknown }).primary).toBe("openai/gpt-5.5");
     const auditPath = path.join(tempDir, "audit", "crestodian.jsonl");
     const auditLines = (await fs.readFile(auditPath, "utf8")).trim().split("\n");
-    expect(auditLines).toEqual(
-      expect.arrayContaining([expect.stringContaining('"operation":"config.setDefaultModel"')]),
+    expect(auditLines.some((line) => line.includes('"operation":"config.setDefaultModel"'))).toBe(
+      true,
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/crestodian/tui-backend.test.ts b/src/crestodian/tui-backend.test.ts
index fe3cd9e959f3..7ac4da3b859e 100644
--- a/src/crestodian/tui-backend.test.ts
+++ b/src/crestodian/tui-backend.test.ts
@@ -55,13 +55,20 @@ describe("runCrestodianTui", () => {
     );
 
     expect(runTuiCalls).toBe(1);
-    expect(runTuiOptions).toMatchObject({
-      local: true,
-      session: "agent:crestodian:main",
-      historyLimit: 200,
-      config: {},
-      title: "openclaw crestodian",
-    });
-    expect(runTuiOptions).toMatchObject({ backend: expect.any(Object) });
+    const options = runTuiOptions as {
+      local?: boolean;
+      session?: string;
+      historyLimit?: number;
+      config?: unknown;
+      title?: string;
+      backend?: unknown;
+    };
+    expect(options.local).toBe(true);
+    expect(options.session).toBe("agent:crestodian:main");
+    expect(options.historyLimit).toBe(200);
+    expect(options.config).toEqual({});
+    expect(options.title).toBe("openclaw crestodian");
+    expect(typeof options.backend).toBe("object");
+    expect(options.backend).not.toBeNull();
   });
 });