diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/EntityUrlBuilder.test.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/EntityUrlBuilder.test.ts
index a1da0036f48..35a0c31ad3d 100755
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/EntityUrlBuilder.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/EntityUrlBuilder.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Url } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import {
     ENTITY_V2_DELIMITER,
     getSelectedEntityNamesParam,
+    migrateSelectedEntityNamesParam,
     setSelectedEntityNamesParam,
 } from "./EntityUrlBuilder"
 
@@ -74,7 +75,9 @@ encodeTests.forEach((testCase) => {
     it(`correctly decodes url strings`, () => {
         expect(
             getSelectedEntityNamesParam(
-                Url.fromQueryStr(testCase.inputQueryStr)
+                migrateSelectedEntityNamesParam(
+                    Url.fromQueryStr(testCase.inputQueryStr)
+                )
             )
         ).toEqual(testCase.entities)
     })
@@ -99,7 +102,11 @@ describe("legacyLinks", () => {
     legacyLinks.forEach((testCase) => {
         it(`correctly decodes legacy url strings`, () => {
             expect(
-                getSelectedEntityNamesParam(Url.fromQueryStr(testCase.queryStr))
+                getSelectedEntityNamesParam(
+                    migrateSelectedEntityNamesParam(
+                        Url.fromQueryStr(testCase.queryStr)
+                    )
+                )
             ).toEqual(testCase.entities)
         })
     })
@@ -133,7 +140,9 @@ describe("it can handle legacy urls with dimension in selection key", () => {
         ].join(ENTITY_V2_DELIMITER),
     })
 
-    const results = getSelectedEntityNamesParam(url)
+    const results = getSelectedEntityNamesParam(
+        migrateSelectedEntityNamesParam(url)
+    )
 
     expect(results).toEqual([
         "United States",