diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
index e16e7a8f3..3c4e3a753 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
@@ -478,12 +478,10 @@ func TestConfig_ParsePanic(t *testing.T) {
 // structure should not be unexpected
 func TestConfig_ParseSliceExtra(t *testing.T) {
 	c, err := ParseConfigFile("./testdata/config-slices.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("parse error: %s\n", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opt := map[string]string{"o0": "foo", "o1": "bar"}
-	meta := map[string]string{"m0": "foo", "m1": "bar"}
+	meta := map[string]string{"m0": "foo", "m1": "bar", "m2": "true", "m3": "1.2"}
 	env := map[string]string{"e0": "baz"}
 	srv := []string{"foo", "bar"}
 
@@ -497,9 +495,7 @@ func TestConfig_ParseSliceExtra(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// the alt format is also accepted by hcl as valid config data
 	c, err = ParseConfigFile("./testdata/config-slices-alt.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("parse error: %s\n", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, opt, c.Client.Options)
 	require.EqualValues(t, meta, c.Client.Meta)
@@ -511,9 +507,7 @@ func TestConfig_ParseSliceExtra(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// small files keep more extra keys than large ones
 	_, err = ParseConfigFile("./testdata/obj-len-one-server.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("parse error: %s\n", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 var sample0 = &Config{
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/config-slices-alt.json b/command/agent/testdata/config-slices-alt.json
index d259e6209..210d2e415 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/config-slices-alt.json
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/config-slices-alt.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 			"meta": [
 				{
 					"m0": "foo",
-					"m1": "bar"
+					"m1": "bar",
+					"m2": true,
+					"m3": 1.2
 				}
 			],
 			"options": [
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/config-slices.json b/command/agent/testdata/config-slices.json
index 4a0e23bfa..0c59d6cbe 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/config-slices.json
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/config-slices.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 		},
 		"meta": {
 			"m0": "foo",
-			"m1": "bar"
+			"m1": "bar",
+			"m2": true,
+			"m3": 1.2
 		},
 		"chroot_env": {
 			"e0": "baz"