diff --git a/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_crud_boto3.py b/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_crud_boto3.py
index b9ee60d6b..e4625fe69 100644
--- a/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_crud_boto3.py
+++ b/tests/test_cloudformation/test_cloudformation_stack_crud_boto3.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 import boto3
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@ def test_boto3_create_stack():
         TemplateBody=dummy_template_json,
     )
 
-    json.loads(json.dumps(cf_conn.get_template(StackName="test_stack")['TemplateBody'])).should.equal(
-        dummy_template)
+    cf_conn.get_template(StackName="test_stack")['TemplateBody'].should.equal(
+        json.loads(dummy_template_json, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict))
 
 
 @mock_cloudformation
@@ -270,8 +271,8 @@ def test_create_stack_from_s3_url():
         StackName='stack_from_url',
         TemplateURL=key_url,
     )
-    json.loads(json.dumps(cf_conn.get_template(StackName="stack_from_url")[
-        'TemplateBody'])).should.equal(dummy_template)
+    cf_conn.get_template(StackName="stack_from_url")['TemplateBody'].should.equal(
+        json.loads(dummy_template_json, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict))
 
 
 @mock_cloudformation
@@ -305,8 +306,8 @@ def test_update_stack_from_s3_url():
         TemplateURL=key_url,
     )
 
-    json.loads(json.dumps(cf_conn.get_template(StackName="update_stack_from_url")[
-        'TemplateBody'])).should.equal(dummy_update_template)
+    cf_conn.get_template(StackName="update_stack_from_url")[ 'TemplateBody'].should.equal(
+        json.loads(dummy_update_template_json, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict))
 
 
 @mock_cloudformation