diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index a6eb1f80eb..0ac3c75dd9 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
+      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>9</source>
+          <target>9</target>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- Note: Javadoc plugin has to be run in combination with >= `package` 
         phase, e.g. `mvn package javadoc:javadoc`, otherwise it fails with
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/CollectionTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/CollectionTest.java
index 8d831a63e9..58aaa3bc0f 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/CollectionTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/CollectionTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * Functional tests for Json serialization and deserialization of collections.
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ public void testTopLevelCollectionOfIntegersSerialization() {
     Collection<Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
     Type targetType = new TypeToken<Collection<Integer>>() {}.getType();
     String json = gson.toJson(target, targetType);
-    assertEquals("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]", json);
+    assertThat("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]").isEqualTo(json);
   }
 
   public void testTopLevelCollectionOfIntegersDeserialization() {
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ public void testTopLevelCollectionOfIntegersDeserialization() {
     Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<Integer>>() { }.getType();
     Collection<Integer> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
     int[] expected = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
-    assertArrayEquals(expected, toIntArray(target));
+    assertThat(toIntArray(target)).isEqualTo(expected);
   }
 
   public void testTopLevelListOfIntegerCollectionsDeserialization() throws Exception {
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ public void testTopLevelListOfIntegerCollectionsDeserialization() throws Excepti
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-      assertArrayEquals(expected[i], toIntArray(target.get(i)));
+      assertThat(toIntArray(target.get(i))).isEqualTo(expected[i]);
     }
   }
 
@@ -96,16 +98,16 @@ public void testLinkedListSerialization() {
     list.add("a2");
     Type linkedListType = new TypeToken<LinkedList<String>>() {}.getType();
     String json = gson.toJson(list, linkedListType);
-    assertTrue(json.contains("a1"));
-    assertTrue(json.contains("a2"));
+    assertThat(json.contains("a1")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(json.contains("a2")).isTrue();
   }
 
   public void testLinkedListDeserialization() {
     String json = "['a1','a2']";
     Type linkedListType = new TypeToken<LinkedList<String>>() {}.getType();
     List<String> list = gson.fromJson(json, linkedListType);
-    assertEquals("a1", list.get(0));
-    assertEquals("a2", list.get(1));
+    assertThat(list.get(0)).isEqualTo("a1");
+    assertThat(list.get(1)).isEqualTo("a2");
   }
 
   public void testQueueSerialization() {
@@ -114,50 +116,53 @@ public void testQueueSerialization() {
     queue.add("a2");
     Type queueType = new TypeToken<Queue<String>>() {}.getType();
     String json = gson.toJson(queue, queueType);
-    assertTrue(json.contains("a1"));
-    assertTrue(json.contains("a2"));
+    assertThat(json.contains("a1")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(json.contains("a2")).isTrue();
   }
 
   public void testQueueDeserialization() {
     String json = "['a1','a2']";
     Type queueType = new TypeToken<Queue<String>>() {}.getType();
     Queue<String> queue = gson.fromJson(json, queueType);
-    assertEquals("a1", queue.element());
+    assertThat(queue.element()).isEqualTo("a1");
     queue.remove();
-    assertEquals("a2", queue.element());
+    assertThat(queue.element()).isEqualTo("a2");
   }
 
   public void testPriorityQueue() throws Exception {
+    int[] value = {10, 20, 22};
     Type type = new TypeToken<PriorityQueue<Integer>>(){}.getType();
     PriorityQueue<Integer> queue = gson.fromJson("[10, 20, 22]", type);
-    assertEquals(3, queue.size());
+    assertThat(queue.size()).isEqualTo(value.length);
     String json = gson.toJson(queue);
-    assertEquals(10, queue.remove().intValue());
-    assertEquals(20, queue.remove().intValue());
-    assertEquals(22, queue.remove().intValue());
-    assertEquals("[10,20,22]", json);
+    for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++){
+      assertThat(queue.remove().intValue()).isEqualTo(value[i]);
+    }
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[10,20,22]");
   }
 
   public void testVector() {
+    int[] value = {10, 20, 31};
     Type type = new TypeToken<Vector<Integer>>(){}.getType();
     Vector<Integer> target = gson.fromJson("[10, 20, 31]", type);
-    assertEquals(3, target.size());
-    assertEquals(10, target.get(0).intValue());
-    assertEquals(20, target.get(1).intValue());
-    assertEquals(31, target.get(2).intValue());
+    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(value.length);
+    for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++){
+      assertThat(target.get(i).intValue()).isEqualTo(value[i]);
+    }
     String json = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertEquals("[10,20,31]", json);
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[10,20,31]");
   }
 
   public void testStack() {
+    int[] value = {11, 13, 17};
     Type type = new TypeToken<Stack<Integer>>(){}.getType();
     Stack<Integer> target = gson.fromJson("[11, 13, 17]", type);
-    assertEquals(3, target.size());
+    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(value.length);
     String json = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertEquals(17, target.pop().intValue());
-    assertEquals(13, target.pop().intValue());
-    assertEquals(11, target.pop().intValue());
-    assertEquals("[11,13,17]", json);
+    for (int i = (value.length - 1); i >= 0; i--){
+      assertThat(target.pop().intValue()).isEqualTo(value[i]);
+    }
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[11,13,17]");
   }
 
   public void testNullsInListSerialization() {
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ public void testNullsInListSerialization() {
     String expected = "[\"foo\",null,\"bar\"]";
     Type typeOfList = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
     String json = gson.toJson(list, typeOfList);
-    assertEquals(expected, json);
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo(expected);
   }
 
   public void testNullsInListDeserialization() {
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ public void testNullsInListDeserialization() {
     Type expectedType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
     List<String> target = gson.fromJson(json, expectedType);
     for (int i = 0; i < expected.size(); ++i) {
-      assertEquals(expected.get(i), target.get(i));
+      assertThat(target.get(i)).isEqualTo(expected.get(i));
     }
   }
 
@@ -188,10 +193,10 @@ public void testCollectionOfObjectSerialization() {
     List<Object> target = new ArrayList<Object>();
     target.add("Hello");
     target.add("World");
-    assertEquals("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]", gson.toJson(target));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");
 
     Type type = new TypeToken<List<Object>>() {}.getType();
-    assertEquals("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]", gson.toJson(target, type));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target, type)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");
   }
 
   public void testCollectionOfObjectWithNullSerialization() {
@@ -199,17 +204,18 @@ public void testCollectionOfObjectWithNullSerialization() {
     target.add("Hello");
     target.add(null);
     target.add("World");
-    assertEquals("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]", gson.toJson(target));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]");
 
     Type type = new TypeToken<List<Object>>() {}.getType();
-    assertEquals("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]", gson.toJson(target, type));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target, type)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]");
+
   }
 
   public void testCollectionOfStringsSerialization() {
     List<String> target = new ArrayList<String>();
     target.add("Hello");
     target.add("World");
-    assertEquals("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]", gson.toJson(target));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");
   }
 
   public void testCollectionOfBagOfPrimitivesSerialization() {
@@ -220,10 +226,10 @@ public void testCollectionOfBagOfPrimitivesSerialization() {
     target.add(objB);
 
     String result = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertTrue(result.startsWith("["));
-    assertTrue(result.endsWith("]"));
+    assertThat(result.startsWith("[")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(result.endsWith("]")).isTrue();
     for (BagOfPrimitives obj : target) {
-      assertTrue(result.contains(obj.getExpectedJson()));
+      assertThat(result.contains(obj.getExpectedJson())).isTrue();
     }
   }
 
@@ -232,13 +238,14 @@ public void testCollectionOfStringsDeserialization() {
     Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<String>>() { }.getType();
     Collection<String> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
 
-    assertTrue(target.contains("Hello"));
-    assertTrue(target.contains("World"));
+    //assertTrue(target.contains("Hello"));
+    assertThat(target.contains("Hello")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(target.contains("World")).isTrue();
   }
 
   public void testRawCollectionOfIntegersSerialization() {
     Collection<Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
-    assertEquals("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]", gson.toJson(target));
+    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).contains("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ public void testRawCollectionSerialization() {
     BagOfPrimitives bag1 = new BagOfPrimitives();
     Collection target = Arrays.asList(bag1, bag1);
     String json = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertTrue(json.contains(bag1.getExpectedJson()));
+    assertThat(json.contains(bag1.getExpectedJson())).isTrue();
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -254,12 +261,12 @@ public void testRawCollectionDeserializationNotAlllowed() {
     String json = "[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]";
     Collection integers = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
     // JsonReader converts numbers to double by default so we need a floating point comparison
-    assertEquals(Arrays.asList(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0), integers);
+    assertThat(integers).containsAtLeast(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0);
 
     json = "[\"Hello\", \"World\"]";
     Collection strings = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
-    assertTrue(strings.contains("Hello"));
-    assertTrue(strings.contains("World"));
+    assertThat(strings.contains("Hello")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(strings.contains("World")).isTrue();
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
@@ -267,13 +274,13 @@ public void testRawCollectionOfBagOfPrimitivesNotAllowed() {
     BagOfPrimitives bag = new BagOfPrimitives(10, 20, false, "stringValue");
     String json = '[' + bag.getExpectedJson() + ',' + bag.getExpectedJson() + ']';
     Collection target = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
-    assertEquals(2, target.size());
+    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(2);
     for (Object bag1 : target) {
       // Gson 2.0 converts raw objects into maps
       Map<String, Object> values = (Map<String, Object>) bag1;
-      assertTrue(values.containsValue(10.0));
-      assertTrue(values.containsValue(20.0));
-      assertTrue(values.containsValue("stringValue"));
+      assertThat(values.containsValue(10.0)).isTrue();
+      assertThat(values.containsValue(20.0)).isTrue();
+      assertThat(values.containsValue("stringValue")).isTrue();
     }
   }
 
@@ -281,19 +288,19 @@ public void testWildcardPrimitiveCollectionSerilaization() throws Exception {
     Collection<? extends Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
     Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<? extends Integer>>() { }.getType();
     String json = gson.toJson(target, collectionType);
-    assertEquals("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]", json);
-
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
     json = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertEquals("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]", json);
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
   }
 
   public void testWildcardPrimitiveCollectionDeserilaization() throws Exception {
     String json = "[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]";
     Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<? extends Integer>>() { }.getType();
     Collection<? extends Integer> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
-    assertEquals(9, target.size());
-    assertTrue(target.contains(1));
-    assertTrue(target.contains(9));
+    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(9);
+
+    assertThat(target.contains(1)).isTrue();
+    assertThat(target.contains(9)).isTrue();
   }
 
   public void testWildcardCollectionField() throws Exception {
@@ -305,14 +312,14 @@ public void testWildcardCollectionField() throws Exception {
 
     ObjectWithWildcardCollection target = new ObjectWithWildcardCollection(collection);
     String json = gson.toJson(target);
-    assertTrue(json.contains(objA.getExpectedJson()));
-    assertTrue(json.contains(objB.getExpectedJson()));
+    assertThat(json.contains(objA.getExpectedJson())).isTrue();
+    assertThat(json.contains(objB.getExpectedJson())).isTrue();
 
     target = gson.fromJson(json, ObjectWithWildcardCollection.class);
     Collection<? extends BagOfPrimitives> deserializedCollection = target.getCollection();
-    assertEquals(2, deserializedCollection.size());
-    assertTrue(deserializedCollection.contains(objA));
-    assertTrue(deserializedCollection.contains(objB));
+    assertThat(deserializedCollection.size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(deserializedCollection.contains(objA)).isTrue();
+    assertThat(deserializedCollection.contains(objB)).isTrue();
   }
 
   public void testFieldIsArrayList() {
@@ -320,9 +327,9 @@ public void testFieldIsArrayList() {
     object.longs.add(1L);
     object.longs.add(3L);
     String json = gson.toJson(object, HasArrayListField.class);
-    assertEquals("{\"longs\":[1,3]}", json);
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"longs\":[1,3]}");
     HasArrayListField copy = gson.fromJson("{\"longs\":[1,3]}", HasArrayListField.class);
-    assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1L, 3L), copy.longs);
+    assertThat(copy.longs).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList(1L, 3L));
   }
   
   public void testUserCollectionTypeAdapter() {
@@ -381,16 +388,16 @@ public void testSetSerialization() {
     set.add(new Entry(1));
     set.add(new Entry(2));
     String json = gson.toJson(set);
-    assertTrue(json.contains("1"));
-    assertTrue(json.contains("2"));
+    assertThat(json.contains("1")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(json.contains("2")).isTrue();
   }
   public void testSetDeserialization() {
     String json = "[{value:1},{value:2}]";
     Type type = new TypeToken<Set<Entry>>() {}.getType();
     Set<Entry> set = gson.fromJson(json, type);
-    assertEquals(2, set.size());
+    assertThat(set.size()).isEqualTo(2);
     for (Entry entry : set) {
-      assertTrue(entry.value == 1 || entry.value == 2);
+      assertThat(entry.value == 1 || entry.value == 2).isTrue();
     }
   }
 
@@ -408,8 +415,8 @@ public void testIssue1107() {
             "}";
     BigClass bigClass = new Gson().fromJson(json, BigClass.class);
     SmallClass small = bigClass.inBig.get("key").get(0);
-    assertNotNull(small);
-    assertEquals("hello", small.inSmall);
+    assertThat(small).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(small.inSmall).isEqualTo("hello");
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eab2eafca8..d0e6f7c51b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
+        <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.3</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>