diff --git a/test/integration/targets/async/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/async/tasks/main.yml
index 8f76d69277..38536109fb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/async/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/async/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 - name: assert task was successfully started
   assert:
     that:
-    - fnf_task.started
+    - fnf_task.started == 1
     - "'ansible_job_id' in fnf_task"
 
 - name: 'check on task started as a "fire-and-forget"'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/async_fail/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/async_fail/tasks/main.yml
index abf1bbc672..40f72e105d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/async_fail/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/async_fail/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     that:
     - async_result.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - async_result.finished == 1
-    - async_result.changed == true
+    - async_result is finished
+    - async_result is changed
     - async_result is successful
     - async_result.msg is search('succeeded')
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/aws_lambda/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/aws_lambda/tasks/main.yml
index cbaa27e99a..767d6ada3b 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/aws_lambda/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/aws_lambda/tasks/main.yml
@@ -336,19 +336,19 @@
     - name: wait for async job 1
       async_status: jid={{ async_1.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
     - name: wait for async job 2
       async_status: jid={{ async_1.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
     - name: wait for async job 3
       async_status: jid={{ async_3.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
 
@@ -407,19 +407,19 @@
     - name: wait for async job 1
       async_status: jid={{ async_1.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
     - name: wait for async job 2
       async_status: jid={{ async_1.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
     - name: wait for async job 3
       async_status: jid={{ async_3.ansible_job_id }}
       register: job_result
-      until: job_result.finished
+      until: job_result is finished
       retries: 30
 
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/aws_s3/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/aws_s3/tasks/main.yml
index 8e63b30712..d72c487735 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/aws_s3/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/aws_s3/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       async_status:
         jid: "{{ test_async.ansible_job_id }}"
       register: status
-      until: status.finished
+      until: status is finished
       retries: 10
 
     - name: check that roles file lookups work as expected
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/main.yml
index a3f89e4eda..e51b2a81b0 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
     - name: Ensure ec2_asg task completes
       async_status: jid="{{ asg_job.ansible_job_id }}"
       register: status
-      until: status.finished
+      until: status is finished
       retries: 200
       delay: 15
 
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
     - name: Ensure ec2_asg task completes
       async_status: jid="{{ asg_job.ansible_job_id }}"
       register: status
-      until: status.finished
+      until: status is finished
       retries: 200
       delay: 15
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_async_wrapper/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_async_wrapper/tasks/main.yml
index 92d367a2fe..1615f76c23 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_async_wrapper/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_async_wrapper/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.started == 1
     - asyncresult.finished == 0
+    - asyncresult is not finished
     - asyncresult.results_file is search('\.ansible_async.+\d+\.\d+')
      # ensure that async is actually async- this test will fail if # hosts > forks or if the target host is VERY slow
     - (lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') | int) - (start_timestamp | int) < 8
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@
     that:
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.finished == 1
-    - asyncresult.changed == true
+    - asyncresult is finished
+    - asyncresult is changed
     - asyncresult.ansible_async_watchdog_pid is number
 #    - asyncresult.module_tempdir is search('ansible-tmp-')
     - asyncresult.module_pid is number
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@
     that:
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.finished == 1
-    - asyncresult.changed == true
+    - asyncresult is finished
+    - asyncresult is changed
 #    - asyncresult.module_tempdir is search('ansible-tmp-')
     - asyncresult.module_pid is number
 
@@ -105,8 +108,9 @@
     that:
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.finished == 1
-    - asyncresult.changed == false
-    - asyncresult is failed == true
+    - asyncresult is finished
+    - asyncresult is not changed
+    - asyncresult is failed
     - asyncresult.msg is search('timed out')
 
 - name: async poll graceful module failure
@@ -122,8 +126,9 @@
     that:
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.finished == 1
-    - asyncresult.changed == true
-    - asyncresult is failed == true
+    - asyncresult is finished
+    - asyncresult is changed
+    - asyncresult is failed
     - asyncresult.msg == 'failed gracefully'
 
 - name: async poll exception module failure
@@ -139,8 +144,9 @@
     that:
     - asyncresult.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
     - asyncresult.finished == 1
-    - asyncresult.changed == false
-    - asyncresult is failed == true
+    - asyncresult is finished
+    - asyncresult is not changed
+    - asyncresult is failed
 # TODO: re-enable after catastrophic failure behavior is cleaned up
 #    - asyncresult.msg is search('failing via exception')
 
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@
 #  async_status:
 #    jid: "{{ item }}"
 #  register: asyncout
-#  until: asyncout.finished == 1
+#  until: asyncout is finished
 #  retries: 10
 #  delay: 1
 #  with_items: "{{ async_many.results | map(attribute='ansible_job_id') | list }}"
@@ -193,8 +199,9 @@
 #  assert:
 #    that:
 #    - item.finished == 1
+#    - item is finished
 #    - item.slept_sec == 3
-#    - item.changed == true
+#    - item is changed
 #    - item.ansible_job_id is match('\d+\.\d+')
 #  with_items: "{{ asyncout.results }}"