diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-model_tests.R b/tests/testthat/test-model_tests.R
index 318c8ed6..7c1ed197 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-model_tests.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-model_tests.R
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@ test_that("cug plot works", {
   expect_s3_class(cugplot$layers[[1]], "ggproto")
   expect_s3_class(cugplot$layers[[1]]$geom, "GeomDensity")
   expect_s3_class(cugplot$layers[[1]]$stat, "StatDensity")
-  expect_identical(cugplot$labels$x, "Statistic")
-  expect_identical(cugplot$labels$y, "Density")
+  labels <- if ("get_labs" %in% getNamespaceExports("ggplot2")) {
+    ggplot2::get_labs(cugplot)
+  } else {
+    cugplot$labels
+  }
+  expect_identical(labels$x, "Statistic")
+  expect_identical(labels$y, "Density")
 })
 
 qapplot <- plot(qaptest)
@@ -70,6 +75,11 @@ test_that("qap plot works", {
   expect_s3_class(qapplot$layers[[1]], "ggproto")
   expect_s3_class(qapplot$layers[[1]]$geom, "GeomDensity")
   expect_s3_class(qapplot$layers[[1]]$stat, "StatDensity")
-  expect_identical(qapplot$labels$x, "Statistic")
-  expect_identical(qapplot$labels$y, "Density")
+  labels <- if ("get_labs" %in% getNamespaceExports("ggplot2")) {
+    ggplot2::get_labs(cugplot)
+  } else {
+    cugplot$labels
+  }
+  expect_identical(labels$x, "Statistic")
+  expect_identical(labels$y, "Density")
 })