diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/jsonl/resolve.test.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/jsonl/resolve.test.ts
index 79010c269c9..4f16d746479 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/jsonl/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/jsonl/resolve.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ describe("resolveJsonlOcPath", () => {
     const m = rs("oc://session-events/L2/event");
     expect(m?.kind).toBe("object-entry");
     if (m?.kind === "object-entry") {
-      expect(m.node.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "string", value: "step" });
+      expect(m.node.value.kind).toBe("string");
+      if (m.node.value.kind === "string") {
+        expect(m.node.value.value).toBe("step");
+      }
     }
   });
 
@@ -38,7 +41,10 @@ describe("resolveJsonlOcPath", () => {
     const m = rs("oc://session-events/L2/result.ok");
     expect(m?.kind).toBe("object-entry");
     if (m?.kind === "object-entry") {
-      expect(m.node.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "boolean", value: true });
+      expect(m.node.value.kind).toBe("boolean");
+      if (m.node.value.kind === "boolean") {
+        expect(m.node.value.value).toBe(true);
+      }
     }
   });
 
@@ -46,7 +52,10 @@ describe("resolveJsonlOcPath", () => {
     const m = rs("oc://session-events/$last/event");
     expect(m?.kind).toBe("object-entry");
     if (m?.kind === "object-entry") {
-      expect(m.node.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "string", value: "end" });
+      expect(m.node.value.kind).toBe("string");
+      if (m.node.value.kind === "string") {
+        expect(m.node.value.value).toBe("end");
+      }
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/cross-kind-properties.test.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/cross-kind-properties.test.ts
index dd02b083822..5ce3f11a8c7 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/cross-kind-properties.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/cross-kind-properties.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ describe("cross-kind property invariants", () => {
     if (r.ok) {
       const m = resolveJsoncOcPath(r.ast, parseOcPath("oc://X/k"));
       if (m?.kind === "object-entry") {
-        expect(m.node.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "number", value: 42 });
+        expect(m.node.value.kind).toBe("number");
+        if (m.node.value.kind === "number") {
+          expect(m.node.value.value).toBe(42);
+        }
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/edit-emit-roundtrip.test.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/edit-emit-roundtrip.test.ts
index caa2fd9016c..b0d48a6343c 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/edit-emit-roundtrip.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/scenarios/edit-emit-roundtrip.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ describe("edit-then-emit round-trip", () => {
       expect(line2?.kind).toBe("value");
       if (line2?.kind === "value" && line2.value.kind === "object") {
         const entry = line2.value.entries.find((e) => e.key === "a");
-        expect(entry?.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "number", value: 99 });
+        expect(entry?.value.kind).toBe("number");
+        if (entry?.value.kind === "number") {
+          expect(entry.value.value).toBe(99);
+        }
       }
     }
   });
@@ -142,7 +145,10 @@ describe("edit-then-emit round-trip", () => {
       const reparsed = resolveJsoncOcPath(r.ast, parseOcPath("oc://config/k"));
       expect(reparsed?.kind).toBe("object-entry");
       if (reparsed?.kind === "object-entry") {
-        expect(reparsed.node.value).toMatchObject({ kind: "number", value: 2 });
+        expect(reparsed.node.value.kind).toBe("number");
+        if (reparsed.node.value.kind === "number") {
+          expect(reparsed.node.value.value).toBe(2);
+        }
       }
     }
   });