diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index fef64accc1..87ed30af22 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ and hypothetical example follows:
               'human-monitor-command',
               command_line='info version')
 
-          self.assertEquals(first_res, second_res, third_res)
+          self.assertEqual(first_res, second_res, third_res)
 
 At test "tear down", ``avocado_qemu.Test`` handles all the QEMUMachines
 shutdown.
diff --git a/tests/avocado/cpu_queries.py b/tests/avocado/cpu_queries.py
index 86c2d5c92d..d3faa14720 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/cpu_queries.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/cpu_queries.py
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def test(self):
             model = {'name': c['name']}
             e = self.vm.cmd('query-cpu-model-expansion', model=model,
                             type='full')
-            self.assertEquals(e['model']['name'], c['name'])
+            self.assertEqual(e['model']['name'], c['name'])
diff --git a/tests/avocado/empty_cpu_model.py b/tests/avocado/empty_cpu_model.py
index 22f504418d..d906ef3d3c 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/empty_cpu_model.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/empty_cpu_model.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ def test(self):
         self.vm.set_qmp_monitor(enabled=False)
         self.vm.launch()
         self.vm.wait()
-        self.assertEquals(self.vm.exitcode(), 1, "QEMU exit code should be 1")
+        self.assertEqual(self.vm.exitcode(), 1, "QEMU exit code should be 1")
         self.assertRegex(self.vm.get_log(), r'-cpu option cannot be empty')
diff --git a/tests/avocado/pc_cpu_hotplug_props.py b/tests/avocado/pc_cpu_hotplug_props.py
index b56f51d02a..4bd3e02665 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/pc_cpu_hotplug_props.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/pc_cpu_hotplug_props.py
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def test_no_die_id(self):
         self.vm.add_args('-smp', '1,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=8')
         self.vm.add_args('-device', 'qemu64-x86_64-cpu,socket-id=1,core-id=0,thread-id=0')
         self.vm.launch()
-        self.assertEquals(len(self.vm.cmd('query-cpus-fast')), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.vm.cmd('query-cpus-fast')), 2)
diff --git a/tests/avocado/x86_cpu_model_versions.py b/tests/avocado/x86_cpu_model_versions.py
index 9e07b8a55d..9d6df4af7d 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/x86_cpu_model_versions.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/x86_cpu_model_versions.py
@@ -121,94 +121,94 @@ def test_4_1_alias(self):
 
         self.assertFalse(cpus['Cascadelake-Server']['static'],
                          'unversioned Cascadelake-Server CPU model must not be static')
-        self.assertEquals(cpus['Cascadelake-Server'].get('alias-of'), 'Cascadelake-Server-v1',
-                          'Cascadelake-Server must be an alias of Cascadelake-Server-v1')
+        self.assertEqual(cpus['Cascadelake-Server'].get('alias-of'), 'Cascadelake-Server-v1',
+                         'Cascadelake-Server must be an alias of Cascadelake-Server-v1')
         self.assertNotIn('alias-of', cpus['Cascadelake-Server-v1'],
                          'Cascadelake-Server-v1 must not be an alias')
 
         self.assertFalse(cpus['qemu64']['static'],
                          'unversioned qemu64 CPU model must not be static')
-        self.assertEquals(cpus['qemu64'].get('alias-of'), 'qemu64-v1',
-                          'qemu64 must be an alias of qemu64-v1')
+        self.assertEqual(cpus['qemu64'].get('alias-of'), 'qemu64-v1',
+                         'qemu64 must be an alias of qemu64-v1')
         self.assertNotIn('alias-of', cpus['qemu64-v1'],
                          'qemu64-v1 must not be an alias')
 
         self.validate_variant_aliases(cpus)
 
         # On pc-*-4.1, -noTSX and -IBRS models should be aliases:
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Haswell"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Haswell-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Haswell"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Haswell-v1",
                          "Haswell must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Haswell-noTSX"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Haswell-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Haswell-noTSX"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Haswell-v2",
                          "Haswell-noTSX must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Haswell-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Haswell-v3",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Haswell-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Haswell-v3",
                          "Haswell-IBRS must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Haswell-noTSX-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Haswell-v4",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Haswell-noTSX-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Haswell-v4",
                          "Haswell-noTSX-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Broadwell"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Broadwell-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Broadwell"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Broadwell-v1",
                          "Broadwell must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Broadwell-noTSX"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Broadwell-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Broadwell-noTSX"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Broadwell-v2",
                          "Broadwell-noTSX must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Broadwell-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Broadwell-v3",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Broadwell-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Broadwell-v3",
                          "Broadwell-IBRS must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Broadwell-v4",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Broadwell-v4",
                          "Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Nehalem"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Nehalem-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Nehalem"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Nehalem-v1",
                          "Nehalem must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Nehalem-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Nehalem-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Nehalem-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Nehalem-v2",
                          "Nehalem-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Westmere"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Westmere-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Westmere"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Westmere-v1",
                          "Westmere must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Westmere-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Westmere-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Westmere-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Westmere-v2",
                          "Westmere-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["SandyBridge"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "SandyBridge-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["SandyBridge"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "SandyBridge-v1",
                          "SandyBridge must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["SandyBridge-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "SandyBridge-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["SandyBridge-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "SandyBridge-v2",
                          "SandyBridge-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["IvyBridge"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "IvyBridge-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["IvyBridge"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "IvyBridge-v1",
                          "IvyBridge must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["IvyBridge-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "IvyBridge-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["IvyBridge-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "IvyBridge-v2",
                          "IvyBridge-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Skylake-Client"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Skylake-Client-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Skylake-Client"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Skylake-Client-v1",
                          "Skylake-Client must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Skylake-Client-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Skylake-Client-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Skylake-Client-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Skylake-Client-v2",
                          "Skylake-Client-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Skylake-Server"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Skylake-Server-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Skylake-Server"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Skylake-Server-v1",
                          "Skylake-Server must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["Skylake-Server-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "Skylake-Server-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["Skylake-Server-IBRS"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "Skylake-Server-v2",
                          "Skylake-Server-IBRS must be an alias")
 
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["EPYC"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "EPYC-v1",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["EPYC"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "EPYC-v1",
                          "EPYC must be an alias")
-        self.assertEquals(cpus["EPYC-IBPB"].get('alias-of'),
-                          "EPYC-v2",
+        self.assertEqual(cpus["EPYC-IBPB"].get('alias-of'),
+                         "EPYC-v2",
                          "EPYC-IBPB must be an alias")
 
         self.validate_aliases(cpus)
