diff --git a/api/jobs_test.go b/api/jobs_test.go
index 194470494..f14bd7b49 100644
--- a/api/jobs_test.go
+++ b/api/jobs_test.go
@@ -12,41 +12,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
 	"github.com/kr/pretty"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestJobs_Register(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
+	require := require.New(t)
+
 	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, nil)
 	defer s.Stop()
 	jobs := c.Jobs()
 
 	// Listing jobs before registering returns nothing
 	resp, qm, err := jobs.List(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
+	require.Nil(err)
 	assertQueryMeta(t, qm)
-	if n := len(resp); n != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 0 jobs, got: %d", n)
-	}
+	require.Emptyf(resp, "expected 0 jobs, got: %d", len(resp))
 
 	// Create a job and attempt to register it
 	job := testJob()
 	resp2, wm, err := jobs.Register(job, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	if resp2 == nil || resp2.EvalID == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("missing eval id")
-	}
+	require.Nil(err)
+	require.NotNil(resp2)
+	require.NotEmpty(resp2.EvalID)
 	assertWriteMeta(t, wm)
 
 	// Query the jobs back out again
-	resp, qm, err = jobs.List(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-	assertQueryMeta(t, qm)
+	resp, _, err = jobs.List(nil)
+	require.Nil(err)
 
 	// Check that we got the expected response
 	if len(resp) != 1 || resp[0].ID != *job.ID {
diff --git a/api/util_test.go b/api/util_test.go
index 9aceee0bf..c6f99018e 100644
--- a/api/util_test.go
+++ b/api/util_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func assertQueryMeta(t *testing.T, qm *QueryMeta) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if qm.LastIndex == 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("bad index: %d", qm.LastIndex)
 	}
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ func assertQueryMeta(t *testing.T, qm *QueryMeta) {
 }
 
 func assertWriteMeta(t *testing.T, wm *WriteMeta) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if wm.LastIndex == 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("bad index: %d", wm.LastIndex)
 	}