diff --git a/tests/test_substitution.c b/tests/test_substitution.c
index 9d252dfbf0f8f208bbe71dfdd2a4473a40bdf252..a9b3278461fd67b7ab81f967be98163a042fa59e 100644
--- a/tests/test_substitution.c
+++ b/tests/test_substitution.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(test_substitution)
 
 	ast_test_status_update(&args->status_update, "Testing variable substitution ...\n");
 
-	c = ast_dummy_channel_alloc();
+	c = ast_channel_alloc(0, 0, "", "", "", "", "", 0, "Test/substitution");
 
 #define TEST(t) if (t == AST_TEST_FAIL) { res = AST_TEST_FAIL; }
 	TEST(test_chan_integer(&args->status_update, &args->ast_test_error_str, c, &c->cid.cid_pres, "${CALLINGPRES}"));
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(test_substitution)
 		ast_free(cmd);
 	}
 
-	ast_channel_release(c);
+	ast_hangup(c);
 
 	return res;
 }