diff --git a/pkg/models/project_test.go b/pkg/models/project_test.go
index e6fba906c..d1e975b3a 100644
--- a/pkg/models/project_test.go
+++ b/pkg/models/project_test.go
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func TestProject_ReadAll(t *testing.T) {
 		if db.ParadeDBAvailable() {
 			// ParadeDB fuzzy prefix matching returns more results
 			// (e.g. "TEST10" also matches "test1", "test11", etc.)
-			require.Greater(t, len(ls), 0)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, ls)
 			projectIDs := make([]int64, len(ls))
 			for i, p := range ls {
 				projectIDs[i] = p.ID
diff --git a/pkg/webtests/project_test.go b/pkg/webtests/project_test.go
index 19bd6e20f..f6bafdf35 100644
--- a/pkg/webtests/project_test.go
+++ b/pkg/webtests/project_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/models"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/web/handler"
 
@@ -50,10 +51,14 @@ func TestProject(t *testing.T) {
 			rec, err := testHandler.testReadAllWithUser(url.Values{"s": []string{"Test1"}}, nil)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Contains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test1`)
-			assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test2`)
-			assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test3`)
-			assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test4`)
-			assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test5`)
+			if !db.ParadeDBAvailable() {
+				// ParadeDB fuzzy(1, prefix=true) matches Test2, Test3, etc.
+				// (edit distance 1 from "Test1"), so only check exclusions without ParadeDB.
+				assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test2`)
+				assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test3`)
+				assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test4`)
+				assert.NotContains(t, rec.Body.String(), `Test5`)
+			}
 		})
 		t.Run("Normal with archived projects", func(t *testing.T) {
 			rec, err := testHandler.testReadAllWithUser(url.Values{"is_archived": []string{"true"}}, nil)