diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dee2a6f..f230377 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a17a77..029b48b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,14 +27,9 @@ github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkU
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190911031432-227b76d455e7 h1:0hQKqeLdqlt5iIwVOBErRisrHJAN57yOiPRQItI20fU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190911031432-227b76d455e7/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
@@ -46,6 +41,3 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 23a41cc..1f277a4 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-test/deep"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func parseURL(t testing.TB, s string) *url.URL {
@@ -198,8 +197,12 @@ func TestReadReleases(t *testing.T) {
 	parsedReleases := readReleases(dir)
 	// test the sorting and the parsing of the folder names
 	for i, parsedRelease := range parsedReleases {
-		assert.Equal(t, releases[i].Date, parsedRelease.Date)
-		assert.Equal(t, releases[i].Version, parsedRelease.Version)
+		if ((releases[i].Date == nil || parsedRelease.Date == nil) && releases[i].Date != parsedRelease.Date) || (releases[i].Date != nil && !releases[i].Date.Equal(*parsedRelease.Date)) {
+			t.Fatalf("date mismatch, expected %v, got %v", releases[i].Date, parsedRelease.Date)
+		}
+		if releases[i].Version != parsedRelease.Version {
+			t.Fatalf("version mismatch, expected %v, got %v", releases[i].Version, parsedRelease.Version)
+		}
 	}
 }