diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.spec.js
index cd89a4055..399602a42 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.spec.js
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ describe('UpdatePost', () => {
         it('allows a maximum of three category for a successful update', async () => {
           const {
             errors: [error],
-          } = await mutate({ mutation: createPostMutation, variables })
+          } = await mutate({ mutation: updatePostMutation, variables })
           expect(error).toHaveProperty(
             'message',
             'You cannot save a post without at least one category or more than three',
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe('UpdatePost', () => {
           const {
             errors: [error],
           } = await mutate({
-            mutation: createPostMutation,
+            mutation: updatePostMutation,
             variables: {
               ...variables,
               categoryIds: null,
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ describe('UpdatePost', () => {
           const {
             errors: [error],
           } = await mutate({
-            mutation: createPostMutation,
+            mutation: updatePostMutation,
             variables: {
               ...variables,
               categoryIds: [],
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users.spec.js
index 5c0f7919c..e8e6205ca 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users.spec.js
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ describe('User', () => {
 
     describe('as admin', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
-        const userParams = {
+        const admin = await factory.create('User', {
           role: 'admin',
           email: 'admin@example.org',
           password: '1234',
-        }
-        const admin = await factory.create('User', userParams)
+        })
         authenticatedUser = await admin.toJson()
       })
 
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ describe('DeleteUser', () => {
     await factory.create('User', {
       email: 'friends-account@example.org',
       password: '1234',
-      id: 'u565',
+      id: 'not-my-account',
     })
   })
 
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ describe('DeleteUser', () => {
 
     describe("attempting to delete another user's account", () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        variables = { ...variables, id: 'u565' }
+        variables = { ...variables, id: 'not-my-account' }
       })
 
       it('throws an authorization error', async () => {