diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/EntityMergerTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/EntityMergerTest.java
index 30cfebe79..882483e22 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/EntityMergerTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/EntityMergerTest.java
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ public class EntityMergerTest implements Serializable {
 		assertEquals(pub_merged.getDateofacceptance().getValue(), "2018-09-30");
 
 		// verify authors
-		assertEquals(pub_merged.getAuthor().size(), 9);
-		assertEquals(AuthorMerger.countAuthorsPids(pub_merged.getAuthor()), 4);
+		assertEquals(13, pub_merged.getAuthor().size());
+		assertEquals(4, AuthorMerger.countAuthorsPids(pub_merged.getAuthor()));
 
 		// verify title
 		int count = 0;