diff --git a/features/step_definitions/timelines_comparison_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/timelines_comparison_steps.rb
index 4c8595d885..4747e6bced 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/timelines_comparison_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/timelines_comparison_steps.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_timeline_cell(name, valueName)
   wpRow = get_timeline_row_by_name(name)
   index = get_timelines_row_number_by_name(valueName)
 
-  wpRow.all(:xpath, "./td")[index]
+  wpRow.all('td')[index]
 end
 
 def get_timelines_row_number_by_name(name)
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/timelines_then_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/timelines_then_steps.rb
index 637a738a7d..c76eb67cc7 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/timelines_then_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/timelines_then_steps.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Then(/^the project "(.*?)" should follow after "(.*?)"$/) do |project_name_one,
   }
 
   elements = find_lowest_containing_element project_name_one, ".tl-word-ellipsis"
-  elements[-1].should have_xpath("preceding::span[@class='tl-word-ellipsis']/descendant-or-self::*[text()='#{project_name_two}']")
+  elements[-1].should have_xpath("preceding::span[contains(@class,'tl-word-ellipsis')]/descendant-or-self::*[text()='#{project_name_two}']")
 end
 
 Then(/^I should see the project "(.*?)"$/) do |project_name|