diff --git a/tests/hypervolume.cpp b/tests/hypervolume.cpp
index 955c1a261..bad59ef45 100644
--- a/tests/hypervolume.cpp
+++ b/tests/hypervolume.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2017-2021 PaGMO development team
+/* Copyright 2017-2026 PaGMO development team
 
 This file is part of the PaGMO library.
 
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ void assertContribs(const std::vector<vector_double> &points, std::vector<double
     hypervolume hv = hypervolume(points, true);
     BOOST_CHECK((hv.contributions(ref) == answers));
     for (unsigned i = 0u; i < answers.size(); i++) {
-        BOOST_CHECK((hv.exclusive(i, ref) == answers[i]));
+        BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.exclusive(i, ref) - answers[i], 1e-12);
     }
     hv = hypervolume(points, false);
     BOOST_CHECK((hv.contributions(ref) == answers));
     for (unsigned i = 0u; i < answers.size(); i++) {
-        BOOST_CHECK((hv.exclusive(i, ref) == answers[i]));
+        BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.exclusive(i, ref) - answers[i], 1e-12);
     }
     hv.set_copy_points(false);
     BOOST_CHECK((hv.contributions(ref) == answers));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.exclusive(0, ref) == answers[0]));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.exclusive(0, ref) - answers[0], 1e-13);
 }
 
 class hypervolume_test
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(hypervolume_compute_test)
 
     // 4d duplicate and dominated
     hv = hypervolume({{1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0}});
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0}) == 16.0));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0}) - 16.0, 1e-12);
 
     // test for flags
     hv = hypervolume({{1, 1, 1}, {2, 2, 2}}, false);
@@ -281,32 +281,32 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(hypervolume_compute_test)
     hvwfg hv_algo_nd2 = hvwfg(3u); // stop-dimension 3
 
     hv = hypervolume({{2.3, 4.5}, {3.4, 3.4}, {6.0, 1.2}});
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}) == 17.91));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_2d) == 17.91));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}) - 17.91, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_2d) - 17.91, 1e-12);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d), std::invalid_argument);
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) == 17.91));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) == 17.91));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) - 17.91, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) - 17.91, 1e-12);
 
     hv = hypervolume({{2.3, 4.5, 3.2}, {3.4, 3.4, 3.4}, {6.0, 1.2, 3.6}});
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) == 66.386));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) - 66.386, 1e-12);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_2d), std::invalid_argument);
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d) == 66.386));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) == 66.386));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) == 66.386));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d) - 66.386, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) - 66.386, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) - 66.386, 1e-12);
 
     hv = hypervolume({{2.3, 4.5, 3.2}, {3.4, 3.4, 3.4}, {6.0, 1.2, 3.6}});
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) == 66.386));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) - 66.386, 1e-12);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_2d), std::invalid_argument);
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d) == 66.386));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) == 66.386));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) == 66.386));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d) - 66.386, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) - 66.386, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) - 66.386, 1e-12);
 
     hv = hypervolume({{2.3, 4.5, 3.2, 1.9, 6.0}, {3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 2.1, 5.8}, {6.0, 1.2, 3.6, 3.0, 6.0}});
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) == 373.21228));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}) - 373.21228, 1e-12);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_2d), std::invalid_argument);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_3d), std::invalid_argument);
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) == 373.21228));
-    BOOST_CHECK((hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) == 373.21228));
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd) - 373.21228, 1e-12);
+    BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(hv.compute({7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0}, hv_algo_nd2) - 373.21228, 1e-12);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hvwfg(0), std::invalid_argument);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(hvwfg(1), std::invalid_argument);
@@ -813,4 +813,4 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(hypervolume_bf_pras_test)
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(al.contributions(points, ref), std::invalid_argument);
     auto al_clone = al.clone();
     BOOST_CHECK(al_clone->get_name().find("bf_fpras") != std::string::npos);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}