diff --git a/examples/jbatch/pom.xml b/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
index 36b20fec254..cc204f16819 100644
--- a/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     <name>jbatch-example</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <version.lib.jbatch-api>2.1.0-M2</version.lib.jbatch-api>
-        <version.lib.jbatch.container>2.1.0-M2</version.lib.jbatch.container>
+        <version.lib.jbatch-api>2.1.0</version.lib.jbatch-api>
+        <version.lib.jbatch.container>2.1.0</version.lib.jbatch.container>
         <version.lib.derby>10.14.2.0</version.lib.derby>
         <version.lib.jaxb-api>3.0.1</version.lib.jaxb-api>
     </properties>
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
             <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-tests-junit5</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/jbatch/src/test/java/io/helidon/examples/jbatch/TestJBatchEndpoint.java b/examples/jbatch/src/test/java/io/helidon/examples/jbatch/TestJBatchEndpoint.java
index ac3fa679e5c..5e5bdd608cd 100644
--- a/examples/jbatch/src/test/java/io/helidon/examples/jbatch/TestJBatchEndpoint.java
+++ b/examples/jbatch/src/test/java/io/helidon/examples/jbatch/TestJBatchEndpoint.java
@@ -14,28 +14,37 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 package io.helidon.examples.jbatch;
-
 import io.helidon.microprofile.tests.junit5.HelidonTest;
+import jakarta.json.Json;
+import jakarta.json.JsonBuilderFactory;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
 @HelidonTest
 public class TestJBatchEndpoint {
 
+    private static final JsonBuilderFactory JSON = Json.createBuilderFactory(Collections.emptyMap());
+
     @Inject
     private WebTarget webTarget;
 
     @Test
     public void runJob() throws InterruptedException {
 
+        JsonObject expectedJson = JSON.createObjectBuilder()
+                .add("Steps executed", "[step1, step2]")
+                .add("Status", "COMPLETED")
+                .build();
+
         //Start the job
         JsonObject jsonObject = webTarget
                 .path("/batch")
@@ -43,25 +52,24 @@ public void runJob() throws InterruptedException {
                 .get(JsonObject.class);
 
         Integer responseJobId = jsonObject.getInt("Started a job with Execution ID: ");
-        assertNotNull(responseJobId, "Response Job Id");
-
-        boolean result = false;
+        assertThat(responseJobId, is(notNullValue()));
+        JsonObject result = null;
         for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
             //Wait a bit for it to complete
             Thread.sleep(i*1000);
 
             //Examine the results
-            jsonObject = webTarget
+            result = webTarget
                     .path("batch/status/" + responseJobId)
                     .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)
                     .get(JsonObject.class);
 
-            String responseString = jsonObject.toString();
-            result = responseString.equals("{\"Steps executed\":\"[step1, step2]\",\"Status\":\"COMPLETED\"}");
+            if (result.equals(expectedJson)){
+                break;
+            }
 
-            if (result) break;
         }
 
-        assertTrue(result, "Job Result string");
+        assertThat(result, equalTo(expectedJson));
     }
 }