diff --git a/src/test/core/JobQueue_test.cpp b/src/test/core/JobQueue_test.cpp
index 47c0995cde..c5ebfb3f82 100644
--- a/src/test/core/JobQueue_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/core/JobQueue_test.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ class JobQueue_test : public beast::unit_test::Suite
         // Every one of these must defer: the limit is already reached.
         int const extra = 4;
         for (int i = 0; i < extra; ++i)
+        {
             BEAST_EXPECT(fixture.queue.addJob(JtPack, "GaugeDefer", blockingJob));
+        }
 
         // Exact values, not bounds: `running` equals the type's limit and
         // `deferred` equals the number of submissions beyond it. Both are
diff --git a/src/test/overlay/TMGetObjectByHash_test.cpp b/src/test/overlay/TMGetObjectByHash_test.cpp
index b0e3b70dfa..c6ac3222af 100644
--- a/src/test/overlay/TMGetObjectByHash_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/overlay/TMGetObjectByHash_test.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,9 @@ class TMGetObjectByHash_test : public beast::unit_test::Suite
         auto reply = parseReply(peer);
         BEAST_EXPECT(reply.has_value());
         if (reply)
+        {
             BEAST_EXPECT(reply->objects_size() == 0);
+        }
 
         // Positive counterpart to the oversize test: because the handler did
         // run, a differential charge was applied, and it is exactly the
diff --git a/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/LedgerSpanNames.cpp b/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/LedgerSpanNames.cpp
index 635476682b..3329af5073 100644
--- a/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/LedgerSpanNames.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/LedgerSpanNames.cpp
@@ -465,8 +465,12 @@ TEST(LedgerSpanNames, phaseOutcome_covers_its_whole_input_domain)
                 // Whenever the budget expired, the answer is `timeout`
                 // regardless of the other two -- the precedence property, not
                 // just the four sampled points above.
+                // Braced deliberately: EXPECT_EQ expands to an if/else, so an
+                // unbraced if around it is a dangling else, which gcc rejects.
                 if (timedOut)
+                {
                     EXPECT_EQ(outcome, std::string_view(ledger_span::val::timeout));
+                }
             }
         }
     }