diff --git a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest.java b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest.java
index bd7b2daf6..0fb9de329 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest {
                 }.getType();
                 List<Map<String, Object>> expectedList = gson.fromJson(json, type);
 
-                StmtsDocList stmtsDocs = StatementsLoader.loadString(yaml);
+                StmtsDocList stmtsDocs = StatementsLoader.loadString(yaml, Map.of());
                 List<OpTemplate> stmts = stmtsDocs.getStmts();
                 List<Map<String, Object>> stmt_objs = stmts.stream().map(OpTemplate::asData).collect(Collectors.toList());
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public class UniformWorkloadSpecificationTest {
 
         try {
             List<Map<String, Object>> docmaps = new RawYamlLoader().loadString(logger, yaml);
-            JsonElement elem = parser.parse(json);
+            JsonElement elem = JsonParser.parseString(json);
             if (elem.isJsonArray()) {
                 Type type = new TypeToken<List<Map<String, Object>>>() {
                 }.getType();
diff --git a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/templating/CommandTemplateTest.java b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/templating/CommandTemplateTest.java
index 17f1b26fe..8f5d81a33 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/templating/CommandTemplateTest.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/templating/CommandTemplateTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.yaml.OpTemplate;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.yaml.StmtsDocList;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class CommandTemplateTest {
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ public class CommandTemplateTest {
     public void testCommandTemplate() {
         StmtsDocList stmtsDocs = StatementsLoader.loadString("" +
                 "statements:\n" +
-                " - s1: test1=foo test2=bar");
+                " - s1: test1=foo test2=bar",
+            Map.of());
         OpTemplate optpl = stmtsDocs.getStmts().get(0);
         CommandTemplate ct = new CommandTemplate(optpl);
         assertThat(ct.isStatic()).isTrue();
@@ -28,7 +31,9 @@ public class CommandTemplateTest {
             "statements:\n" +
             " - s1: test1=foo test2={bar}\n" +
             "   bindings:\n" +
-            "    bar: NumberNameToString();\n");
+            "    bar: NumberNameToString();\n",
+            Map.of()
+        );
         OpTemplate optpl = stmtsDocs.getStmts().get(0);
         CommandTemplate ct = new CommandTemplate(optpl);
         String format = gson.toJson(ct);