diff --git a/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/CapabilityTest.java b/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/CapabilityTest.java
index 8ea50961f3f839..bc2e560a2aabdf 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/CapabilityTest.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/CapabilityTest.java
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package io.quarkus.deployment;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
 public class CapabilityTest {
-    private static final String CAPABILITY_ILLEGAL_START = "Capability %s (%s) must start with '%s'.";
-    private static final String CAPABILITY_DOUBLE_DOT = "Capability %s (%s) contains subsequent dots.";
-
     private static Stream<Arguments> capabilityFields() {
         Field[] declaredFields = Capability.class.getDeclaredFields();
         return Stream.of(declaredFields)
@@ -27,16 +27,8 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> capabilityFields() {
     void validateCapabilityString(Field field) {
         if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()) && field.getType().equals(String.class)) {
             String value = getString(field);
-            if (!value.startsWith(Capability.QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".")) {
-                var failMessage = String.format(CAPABILITY_ILLEGAL_START, field.getName(),
-                    value, Capability.QUARKUS_PREFIX);
-                fail(failMessage);
-            }
-            if (value.contains("..")) {
-                var failMessage = String.format(CAPABILITY_DOUBLE_DOT, field.getName(),
-                    value);
-                fail(failMessage);
-            }
+            assertThat(value).startsWith(Capability.QUARKUS_PREFIX + ".");
+            assertThat(value).doesNotContain("..");
         }
     }