diff --git a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.spec.js b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.spec.js
index f0ea8b2da..0ec3c2c24 100644
--- a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.spec.js
+++ b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.spec.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('MultiSelect.vue', () => {
         await wrapper.setProps({ modelValue: [wrapper.vm.options[0]] });
         await wrapper.vm.onContainerClick();
 
-        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[0].classes()).toContain('p-highlight');
+        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[0].attributes()['data-p-highlight']).toBe('true');
         expect(wrapper.find('.p-multiselect-label').text()).toBe('New York');
     });
 
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ describe('MultiSelect.vue', () => {
         await wrapper.setProps({ modelValue: [wrapper.vm.options[0], wrapper.vm.options[1]] });
         await wrapper.vm.onContainerClick();
 
-        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[0].classes()).toContain('p-highlight');
-        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[1].classes()).toContain('p-highlight');
+        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[0].attributes()['data-p-highlight']).toBe('true');
+        expect(wrapper.findAll('li.p-multiselect-item')[1].attributes()['data-p-highlight']).toBe('true');
     });
 
     it('should close panel', async () => {