diff --git a/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts b/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
index ef209fef14c..f2f2e10f98b 100644
--- a/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service.session-reaper-in-finally.test.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe("CronService - session reaper runs in finally block (#31946)", () => {
       const updatedSessionStore = JSON.parse(
         await fs.readFile(sessionStorePath, "utf-8"),
       ) as Record<string, unknown>;
-      expect(updatedSessionStore).toEqual({});
+      expect(updatedSessionStore).toStrictEqual({});
       expect(state.running).toBe(false);
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/cron/store.test.ts b/src/cron/store.test.ts
index 9088ce0c006..15ceb8f0489 100644
--- a/src/cron/store.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/store.test.ts
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     const backup = JSON.parse(backupRaw);
     // jobs.json now contains config-only (state stripped to {}).
     expect(current.jobs[0].id).toBe("job-2");
-    expect(current.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(current.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(backup.jobs[0].id).toBe("job-1");
-    expect(backup.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(backup.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 
   it("skips backup files for runtime-only state churn", async () => {
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     // jobs.json should NOT be rewritten (only runtime changed).
     const configRaw = await fs.readFile(store.storePath, "utf-8");
     const config = JSON.parse(configRaw);
-    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(config.jobs[0]).not.toHaveProperty("updatedAtMs");
 
     // State file should contain runtime fields.
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     const config = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(storePath, "utf-8"));
     expect(Array.isArray(config.jobs)).toBe(true);
     expect(config.jobs[0].id).toBe("job-1");
-    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
 
     const stateFile = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(statePath, "utf-8"));
     expect(stateFile.jobs["job-1"].state.nextRunAtMs).toBe(first.jobs[0].createdAtMs + 60_000);
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     const stateRawAfter = await fs.readFile(statePath, "utf-8");
 
     expect(config.jobs[0].id).toBe("job-1");
-    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(stateRawAfter).toBe(stateRawBefore);
     expect(renamedDestinations).toContain(store.storePath);
     expect(renamedDestinations).not.toContain(statePath);
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     const stateFile = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(statePath, "utf-8"));
 
     expect(config.jobs[0]).not.toHaveProperty("updatedAtMs");
-    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toEqual({});
+    expect(config.jobs[0].state).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(stateFile.jobs["job-1"].updatedAtMs).toBe(legacy.jobs[0].updatedAtMs);
     expect(stateFile.jobs["job-1"].state.nextRunAtMs).toBe(legacy.jobs[0].createdAtMs + 60_000);
   });
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ describe("cron store", () => {
     const loaded = await loadCronStore(store.storePath);
 
     expect(loaded.jobs[0]?.updatedAtMs).toBe(payload.jobs[0].createdAtMs);
-    expect(loaded.jobs[0]?.state).toEqual({});
+    expect(loaded.jobs[0]?.state).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 
   it("propagates unreadable state sidecar errors", async () => {