diff --git a/src/cli/format.mjs b/src/cli/format.mjs
index 1ccd14edb..1a39f3f53 100644
--- a/src/cli/format.mjs
+++ b/src/cli/format.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import _format from "../main/format.mjs";
-import validateFileExistence from "./utl/validate-file-existence.mjs";
+import assertFileExistence from "./utl/assert-file-existence.mjs";
 import normalizeOptions from "./normalize-cli-options.mjs";
 import { getInStream, write } from "./utl/io.mjs";
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default async function format(pResultFile, pOptions) {
   const lOptions = await normalizeOptions(pOptions);
 
   if (pResultFile !== "-") {
-    validateFileExistence(pResultFile);
+    assertFileExistence(pResultFile);
   }
 
   return new Promise((pResolve, pReject) => {
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ export default async function format(pResultFile, pOptions) {
         /* c8 ignore start */
         (pError) => {
           pReject(pError);
-        }
+        },
         /* c8 ignore stop */
       )
       .on("end", async () => {
         const lReportingResult = await _format(
           JSON.parse(lInputAsString),
-          lOptions
+          lOptions,
         );
 
         write(lOptions.outputTo, lReportingResult.output);
diff --git a/src/cli/index.mjs b/src/cli/index.mjs
index 45952b6d8..7ed9de2a3 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.mjs
+++ b/src/cli/index.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import chalk from "chalk";
 import cruise from "../main/cruise.mjs";
 import { INFO, bus } from "../utl/bus.mjs";
 
-import validateFileExistence from "./utl/validate-file-existence.mjs";
+import assertFileExistence from "./utl/assert-file-existence.mjs";
 import normalizeCliOptions from "./normalize-cli-options.mjs";
 import { write } from "./utl/io.mjs";
 import setUpCliFeedbackListener from "./listeners/cli-feedback.mjs";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async function extractResolveOptions(pCruiseOptions) {
     lResolveOptions = await extractWebpackResolveConfig(
       lWebPackConfigFileName,
       pCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.webpackConfig?.env ?? null,
-      pCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.webpackConfig?.arguments ?? null
+      pCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.webpackConfig?.arguments ?? null,
     );
   }
   return lResolveOptions;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async function addKnownViolations(pCruiseOptions) {
       "../config-utl/extract-known-violations.mjs"
     );
     const lKnownViolations = await extractKnownViolations(
-      pCruiseOptions.knownViolationsFile
+      pCruiseOptions.knownViolationsFile,
     );
 
     // Check against json schema is already done in src/main/options/validate
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ function setUpListener(pCruiseOptions) {
   if (Boolean(lListenerFunction)) {
     lListenerFunction(
       bus,
-      pCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.progress?.maximumLevel ?? INFO
+      pCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.progress?.maximumLevel ?? INFO,
     );
   }
 }
 
 async function runCruise(pFileDirectoryArray, pCruiseOptions) {
   const lCruiseOptions = await addKnownViolations(
-    await normalizeCliOptions(pCruiseOptions)
+    await normalizeCliOptions(pCruiseOptions),
   );
 
   pFileDirectoryArray
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ async function runCruise(pFileDirectoryArray, pCruiseOptions) {
     .map((pFileOrDirectory) =>
       lCruiseOptions?.ruleSet?.options?.baseDir
         ? join(lCruiseOptions.ruleSet.options.baseDir, pFileOrDirectory)
-        : pFileOrDirectory
+        : pFileOrDirectory,
     )
-    .forEach(validateFileExistence);
+    .forEach(assertFileExistence);
 
   setUpListener(lCruiseOptions);
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async function runCruise(pFileDirectoryArray, pCruiseOptions) {
     pFileDirectoryArray,
     lCruiseOptions,
     lResolveOptions,
-    { tsConfig, babelConfig }
+    { tsConfig, babelConfig },
   );
 
   bus.progress("cli: writing results", { complete: 1 });
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ export default async function executeCli(pFileDirectoryArray, pCruiseOptions) {
     if (isInstalledGlobally) {
       process.stderr.write(
         `\n  ${chalk.yellow(
-          "WARNING"
+          "WARNING",
         )}: You're running a globally installed dependency-cruiser.\n\n` +
           `           We recommend to ${chalk.bold.italic.underline(
-            "install and run it as a local devDependency"
+            "install and run it as a local devDependency",
           )} in\n` +
           `           your project instead. There it has your project's environment and\n` +
           `           transpilers at its disposal. That will ensure it can find e.g.\n` +
-          `           TypeScript, Vue or Svelte modules and dependencies.\n\n`
+          `           TypeScript, Vue or Svelte modules and dependencies.\n\n`,
       );
     }
     /* c8 ignore stop */
diff --git a/src/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.mjs b/src/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.mjs
similarity index 74%
rename from src/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.mjs
rename to src/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.mjs
index 7cd34e198..5a8103f41 100644
--- a/src/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.mjs
+++ b/src/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { accessSync, R_OK } from "node:fs";
 
-export default function validateFileExistence(pDirectoryOrFile) {
+export default function assertFileExistence(pDirectoryOrFile) {
   try {
     accessSync(pDirectoryOrFile, R_OK);
   } catch (pError) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Can't open '${pDirectoryOrFile}' for reading. Does it exist?\n`
+      `Can't open '${pDirectoryOrFile}' for reading. Does it exist?\n`,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/cli/asserthelpers.utl.mjs b/test/cli/asserthelpers.utl.mjs
index 5eebbdfec..dac8de7a3 100644
--- a/test/cli/asserthelpers.utl.mjs
+++ b/test/cli/asserthelpers.utl.mjs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { deepEqual } from "node:assert/strict";
+import { deepEqual, equal } from "node:assert/strict";
 import normalizeNewline from "normalize-newline";
 import normBaseDirectory from "../main/norm-base-directory.utl.mjs";
 
 export function assertFileEqual(pActualFileName, pExpectedFileName) {
-  deepEqual(
+  equal(
     normalizeNewline(readFileSync(pActualFileName, { encoding: "utf8" })),
     normalizeNewline(readFileSync(pExpectedFileName, { encoding: "utf8" })),
   );
diff --git a/test/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.spec.mjs b/test/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.spec.mjs
similarity index 87%
rename from test/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.spec.mjs
rename to test/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.spec.mjs
index 860c753af..239cdd007 100644
--- a/test/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.spec.mjs
+++ b/test/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.spec.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { doesNotThrow, throws } from "node:assert/strict";
-import validateFileExistence from "../../../src/cli/utl/validate-file-existence.mjs";
+import validateFileExistence from "../../../src/cli/utl/assert-file-existence.mjs";
 
 describe("[U] cli/utl/validateFileExistence", () => {
   it("throws when the file or dir passed does not exists", () => {