diff --git a/tests/data/message_send_two_conversations/message_sender.bpmn b/tests/data/message_send_two_conversations/message_sender.bpmn
index 721c1780..16051705 100644
--- a/tests/data/message_send_two_conversations/message_sender.bpmn
+++ b/tests/data/message_send_two_conversations/message_sender.bpmn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <bpmn:definitions xmlns:bpmn="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL" xmlns:bpmndi="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI" xmlns:dc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC" xmlns:di="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI" xmlns:spiffworkflow="http://spiffworkflow.org/bpmn/schema/1.0/core" id="Definitions_96f6665" targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn" exporter="Camunda Modeler" exporterVersion="3.0.0-dev">
-  <bpmn:collaboration id="Collaboration_0oye1os" messages="[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]">
+  <bpmn:collaboration id="Collaboration_0oye1os">
     <bpmn:participant id="message_initiator" name="Message Initiator" processRef="message_send_process" />
     <bpmn:participant id="message-receiver-one" name="Message Receiver One" />
     <bpmn:participant id="message-receiver-two" name="Message Receiver Two" />
diff --git a/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_spec_file_service.py b/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_spec_file_service.py
index ba2c4319..41811eba 100644
--- a/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_spec_file_service.py
+++ b/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_spec_file_service.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import pytest
 from flask import Flask
 from flask.testing import FlaskClient
 from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
-from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.parser.ValidationException import ValidationException  # type: ignore
 from tests.spiffworkflow_backend.helpers.base_test import BaseTest
 from tests.spiffworkflow_backend.helpers.test_data import load_test_spec
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ class TestSpecFileService(BaseTest):
             bpmn_process_id_lookups[0].relative_path
             == self.call_activity_nested_relative_file_path
         )
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationException) as exception:
+        with pytest.raises(ProcessModelFileInvalidError) as exception:
             load_test_spec(
                 "call_activity_nested_duplicate",
                 process_model_source_directory="call_activity_duplicate",