diff --git a/tests/acceptance/vnc.py b/tests/acceptance/vnc.py
index 3f40bc2be1..22656bbcc2 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/vnc.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/vnc.py
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ def test_no_vnc_change_password(self):
         self.vm.add_args('-nodefaults', '-S')
         self.vm.launch()
         self.assertFalse(self.vm.qmp('query-vnc')['return']['enabled'])
-        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change',
-                                            device='vnc',
-                                            target='password',
-                                            arg='new_password')
+        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change-vnc-password',
+                                            password='new_password')
         self.assertIn('error', set_password_response)
         self.assertEqual(set_password_response['error']['class'],
                          'GenericError')
@@ -38,10 +36,8 @@ def test_change_password_requires_a_password(self):
         self.vm.add_args('-nodefaults', '-S', '-vnc', ':0')
         self.vm.launch()
         self.assertTrue(self.vm.qmp('query-vnc')['return']['enabled'])
-        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change',
-                                            device='vnc',
-                                            target='password',
-                                            arg='new_password')
+        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change-vnc-password',
+                                            password='new_password')
         self.assertIn('error', set_password_response)
         self.assertEqual(set_password_response['error']['class'],
                          'GenericError')
@@ -52,8 +48,6 @@ def test_change_password(self):
         self.vm.add_args('-nodefaults', '-S', '-vnc', ':0,password')
         self.vm.launch()
         self.assertTrue(self.vm.qmp('query-vnc')['return']['enabled'])
-        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change',
-                                            device='vnc',
-                                            target='password',
-                                            arg='new_password')
+        set_password_response = self.vm.qmp('change-vnc-password',
+                                            password='new_password')
         self.assertEqual(set_password_response['return'], {})