diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/accounts_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/accounts_spec.rb
index 94a790b4cd0..0e64915baf3 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/accounts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/accounts_spec.rb
@@ -110,9 +110,12 @@ RSpec.describe '/api/v1/accounts' do
         let(:date_of_birth) { 13.years.ago.strftime('%d.%m.%Y') }
 
         it 'returns http unprocessable entity' do
-          subject
+          expect { subject }
+            .to not_change(User, :count)
+            .and not_change(Account, :count)
 
-          expect(response).to have_http_status(422)
+          expect(response)
+            .to have_http_status(422)
           expect(response.content_type)
             .to start_with('application/json')
         end
@@ -122,9 +125,12 @@ RSpec.describe '/api/v1/accounts' do
         let(:date_of_birth) { 17.years.ago.strftime('%d.%m.%Y') }
 
         it 'creates a user', :aggregate_failures do
-          subject
+          expect { subject }
+            .to change(User, :count).by(1)
+            .and change(Account, :count).by(1)
 
-          expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+          expect(response)
+            .to have_http_status(200)
           expect(response.content_type)
             .to start_with('application/json')
         end
@@ -134,7 +140,9 @@ RSpec.describe '/api/v1/accounts' do
         let(:date_of_birth) { 17.years.ago.to_date.iso8601 }
 
         it 'creates a user', :aggregate_failures do
-          subject
+          expect { subject }
+            .to change(User, :count).by(1)
+            .and change(Account, :count).by(1)
 
           expect(response)
             .to have_http_status(200)