diff --git a/tests/command_open_tests.rs b/tests/command_open_tests.rs
index bf33ec63f1..3f6da5adf5 100644
--- a/tests/command_open_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/command_open_tests.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn open_can_parse_bson_1() {
     nu!(
         output,
         cwd("tests/fixtures/formats"),
-        "open sample.bson | nth 0 | get b | echo $it"
+        "open sample.bson | get root | nth 0 | get b | echo $it"
     );
 
     assert_eq!(output, "hello");
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn open_can_parse_bson_2() {
     nu!(
         output,
         cwd("tests/fixtures/formats"),
-        "open sample.bson | nth 6 | get b | get '$binary_subtype' | echo $it "
+        "open sample.bson | get root | nth 6 | get b | get '$binary_subtype' | echo $it "
     );
 
     assert_eq!(output, "function");
diff --git a/tests/filters_test.rs b/tests/filters_test.rs
index ac68ea5fff..710f0b89a8 100644
--- a/tests/filters_test.rs
+++ b/tests/filters_test.rs
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ fn can_convert_json_text_to_bson_and_back_into_table() {
     nu!(
         output,
         cwd("tests/fixtures/formats"),
-        "echo '{\"root\":[{\"x\": 2, \"y\": 4}, {\"z\": \"42\"}]}' | from-json | to-bson | from-bson | get root | nth 1 | get z | echo $it"
+        "open sample.bson | to-bson | from-bson | get root | nth 1 | get b | echo $it"
     );
 
-    assert_eq!(output, "42");
+    assert_eq!(output, "whel");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/formats/sample.bson b/tests/fixtures/formats/sample.bson
index 95c98eb4e1..951c805065 100644
Binary files a/tests/fixtures/formats/sample.bson and b/tests/fixtures/formats/sample.bson differ