diff --git a/examples/gemma/modules_test.py b/examples/gemma/modules_test.py
index 6f3140a58..a5d0ba8a1 100644
--- a/examples/gemma/modules_test.py
+++ b/examples/gemma/modules_test.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_encode(self, vocab_size, embed_dim, inputs, expected):
         embed_dim=embed_dim,
         rngs=nnx.Rngs(params=0),
     )
-    embedder.input_embedding.value = jnp.ones((vocab_size, embed_dim))
+    embedder.input_embedding[...] = jnp.ones((vocab_size, embed_dim))
     output = embedder.encode(inputs)
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(output, jnp.array(expected))
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_decode(self, vocab_size, embed_dim, inputs, expected):
         embed_dim=embed_dim,
         rngs=nnx.Rngs(params=0),
     )
-    embedder.input_embedding.value = jnp.ones((vocab_size, embed_dim))
+    embedder.input_embedding[...] = jnp.ones((vocab_size, embed_dim))
     output = embedder.decode(jnp.array(inputs))
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(output, jnp.array(expected))
 
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ def test_ffw(
         hidden_dim=hidden_dim,
         rngs=nnx.Rngs(params=0),
     )
-    ffw.gate_proj.kernel.value = jnp.ones((features, hidden_dim))
-    ffw.up_proj.kernel.value = jnp.ones((features, hidden_dim))
-    ffw.down_proj.kernel.value = jnp.ones((hidden_dim, features))
+    ffw.gate_proj.kernel[...] = jnp.ones((features, hidden_dim))
+    ffw.up_proj.kernel[...] = jnp.ones((features, hidden_dim))
+    ffw.down_proj.kernel[...] = jnp.ones((hidden_dim, features))
 
     with jax.default_matmul_precision('float32'):
       outputs = ffw(inputs)