diff --git a/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java b/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
index 1b28aaecf3eb957006f52395c8741db79e1384de..3f429752e1bbd58ecb5b69bfb2c6e6fbab9bc9cf 100644
--- a/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
+++ b/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ public class TestPubsubEndpointHMAC extends PubsubEndpointHMACTests {
         try {
             ClientResponse response = descriptor.run(this.getArg(), this.testUtils.getOpsToken());
             Assert.assertEquals(this.error(response.getStatus() == 204 ? "" : (String)response.getEntity(String.class)), (long)this.expectedOkResponseCode(), (long)response.getStatus());
-            Assert.assertEquals("[GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, PATCH]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Methods"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[origin, content-type, accept, authorization, data-partition-id, correlation-id, appkey]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Headers"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[*]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[true]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, PATCH", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Methods"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("origin, content-type, accept, authorization, data-partition-id, correlation-id, appkey", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Headers"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("*", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("true", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"));
             Assert.assertEquals("DENY", response.getHeaders().getFirst("X-Frame-Options"));
             Assert.assertEquals("1; mode=block", response.getHeaders().getFirst("X-XSS-Protection"));
             Assert.assertEquals("nosniff", response.getHeaders().getFirst("X-Content-Type-Options"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Cache-Control"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[default-src 'self']", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Content-Security-Policy"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Strict-Transport-Security"));
-            Assert.assertEquals("[0]", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Expires"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Cache-Control"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("default-src 'self'", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Content-Security-Policy"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Strict-Transport-Security"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("0", response.getHeaders().getFirst("Expires"));
         } finally {
             this.deleteResource();
         }