diff --git a/tests/unittests/text/test_mer.py b/tests/unittests/text/test_mer.py
index ecef5825799..f61aabbed4b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/text/test_mer.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/text/test_mer.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 
 def _reference_jiwer_mer(preds: Union[str, list[str]], target: Union[str, list[str]]):
     try:
-        from jiwer import compute_measures
+        from jiwer import mer
     except ImportError:
         pytest.skip("test requires jiwer package to be installed")
-    return compute_measures(target, preds)["mer"]
+    return mer(target, preds)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/unittests/text/test_wer.py b/tests/unittests/text/test_wer.py
index fa22d7c9db1..414fb341305 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/text/test_wer.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/text/test_wer.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 def _reference_jiwer_wer(preds: Union[str, list[str]], target: Union[str, list[str]]):
     try:
-        from jiwer import compute_measures
+        from jiwer import wer
     except ImportError:
         pytest.skip("test requires jiwer package to be installed")
 
-    return compute_measures(target, preds)["wer"]
+    return wer(target, preds)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(