diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index 7645b54..3ae7def 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
 
     def test_get(self):
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.loads, b'g0\np0')
-        self.assertEquals(self.loads(b'((Kdtp0\nh\x00l.))'), [(100,), (100,)])
+        self.assertEqual(self.loads(b'((Kdtp0\nh\x00l.))'), [(100,), (100,)])
 
     def test_insecure_strings(self):
         # XXX Some of these tests are temporarily disabled