diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/event_groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/event_groups_controller_spec.rb
index 956bf9827..4b7908d91 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/event_groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/event_groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         expected = %w(Bravo Delta)
         parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
         expect(parsed_response['data'].size).to eq(2)
-        expect(parsed_response['data'].map { |item| item.dig('attributes', 'name') }).to eq(expected)
+        expect(parsed_response['data'].map { |item| item.dig('attributes', 'name') }).to match_array(expected)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/staging_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/staging_controller_spec.rb
index bce09b45c..0e1570e6b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/staging_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/staging_controller_spec.rb
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ def validate_no_resources_created
   end
 
   describe '#update_event_visibility' do
-    let(:event_group) { create(:event_group, organization: organization, events: events) }
-    let(:event_1) { create(:event, efforts: event_1_efforts) }
-    let(:event_2) { create(:event, efforts: event_2_efforts) }
+    let(:event_group) { create(:event_group, organization: organization) }
+    let(:event_1) { create(:event, event_group: event_group) }
+    let(:event_2) { create(:event, event_group: event_group) }
     let(:events) { [event_1, event_2] }
-    let(:event_1_efforts) { [create(:effort, person: create(:person)), create(:effort, person: create(:person))] }
-    let(:event_2_efforts) { [create(:effort, person: create(:person)), create(:effort, person: create(:person))] }
+    let(:event_1_efforts) { [create(:effort, person: create(:person), event: event_1), create(:effort, person: create(:person), event: event_1)] }
+    let(:event_2_efforts) { [create(:effort, person: create(:person), event: event_2), create(:effort, person: create(:person), event: event_2)] }
     let(:organization) { create(:organization) }
 
     context 'when params[:status] == "public"' do