diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34b9a8a..9a6b388 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
       <version>1.16.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+    	<scope>test</scope>
+    	<version>1.3</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/test/testutil/TestUtilities.java b/test/testutil/TestUtilities.java
index 6220bf4..94e6c2a 100644
--- a/test/testutil/TestUtilities.java
+++ b/test/testutil/TestUtilities.java
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package testutil;
 
 import static error.ErrorManager.Severity.ERROR;
 import static function.builtin.EVAL.eval;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.isEmptyOrNullString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static sexpression.Nil.NIL;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -85,17 +85,16 @@ public final class TestUtilities {
     }
 
     public static void assertSExpressionsMatch(SExpression one, SExpression two) {
-        assertEquals(one.toString(), two.toString());
+        assertThat(one.toString(), is(two.toString()));
     }
 
     public static void assertSExpressionsDoNotMatch(SExpression one, SExpression two) {
-        assertNotEquals(one.toString(), two.toString());
+        assertThat(one.toString(), not(two.toString()));
     }
 
     public static void assertIsErrorWithMessage(LispException e) {
-        assertEquals(ERROR, e.getSeverity());
-        assertNotNull(e.getMessage());
-        assertTrue(e.getMessage().length() > 0);
+        assertThat(e.getSeverity(), is(ERROR));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), not(isEmptyOrNullString()));
     }
 
 }