diff --git a/tests/fixtures/graphs_project/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/graphs_project/pyproject.toml
index 548d2e199..b975cd71a 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/graphs_project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/graphs_project/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
 greet = "echo hello"
 
 _noop.shell = ":"
-_about      = "echo about"
-_do_setup   = "echo here we go..."
+_about = "echo about"
+_do_setup  = "echo here we go..."
+
 
   [tool.poe.tasks.think]
-  shell  = "echo Thinking $first_thing and $subject2"
+  cmd = "echo Thinking $first_thing and $subject2"
   deps = ["_noop", "_do_setup"]
   uses = { first_thing = "_about $subject1" }
   args = [{ name = "subject1", positional = true }, { name = "subject2", positional = true }]
 
   [tool.poe.tasks.deep-graph-with-args]
-  shell  = "echo $greeting1 and $greeting2"
+  cmd  = "echo $greeting1 and $greeting2"
   deps = ["_do_setup", "think $subject1 $subject2"]
-  uses = { "greeting1" = "greet $subject1", greeting2 = "greet $subject2"}
+  uses = { greeting1 = "greet $subject1", greeting2 = "greet $subject2"}
   args = ["subject1", "subject2"]
diff --git a/tests/test_graph_execution.py b/tests/test_graph_execution.py
index 982ad8a2b..195c53d0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_graph_execution.py
+++ b/tests/test_graph_execution.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ def test_call_attr_func(run_poe_subproc):
         "Poe => :\n"
         "Poe <= echo about\n"
         "Poe <= echo hello\n"
-        "Poe => echo Thinking $first_thing and $subject2\n"
-        "Poe => echo $greeting1 and $greeting2\n"
+        "Poe => echo Thinking about and\n"
+        "Poe => echo hello and hello\n"
     )
     assert result.stdout == (
         "here we go...\n" "Thinking about and\n" "hello and hello\n"