diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9cc85a7..aeb27193 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ __pycache__/
 *.zip
 
 qgis_plugin_ci_testing/i18n
+qgis_plugin_ci_testing/resources_rc.py
+
 
 .tokens
 
diff --git a/test/plugins.xml.expected b/test/plugins.xml.expected
index 2c397ab0..2098504f 100644
--- a/test/plugins.xml.expected
+++ b/test/plugins.xml.expected
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
         <download_url>https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci/releases/download/0.1.2/qgis-plugin-ci-0.1.2.zip</download_url>
         <uploaded_by>Denis Rouzaud</uploaded_by>
         <create_date>1985-07-21</create_date>
-            <update_date>2019-07-16</update_date>
+        <update_date>__TODAY__</update_date>
         <experimental>True</experimental>
         <deprecated>False</deprecated>
         <tracker>https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci/issues</tracker>
         <repository>https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci</repository>
         <tags></tags>
     </pyqgis_plugin>
-</plugins>
\ No newline at end of file
+</plugins>
diff --git a/test/test_release.py b/test/test_release.py
index c86e560d..e08bacd4 100644
--- a/test/test_release.py
+++ b/test/test_release.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from qgispluginci.release import release
 from qgispluginci.translation import Translation
 from qgispluginci.exceptions import GithubReleaseNotFound
-
+from qgispluginci.utils import replace_in_file
 
 # if change, also update on .travis.yml
 RELEASE_VERSION_TEST = '0.1.2'
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ def setUp(self):
         if self.github_token:
             print('init Github')
             self.repo = Github(self.github_token).get_repo('opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci')
+        self.clean_assets()
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        self.clean_assets()
+
+    def clean_assets(self):
         if self.repo:
             rel = None
             try:
@@ -58,7 +62,8 @@ def test_release_upload_github(self):
         _, xml_repo = mkstemp(suffix='.xml')
         url = 'https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci/releases/download/{}/plugins.xml'.format(RELEASE_VERSION_TEST)
         urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, xml_repo)
-        self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp('test/plugins.xml.expected', xml_repo))
+        replace_in_file(xml_repo, r'<update_date>[\w-]+<\/update_date>', '<update_date>__TODAY__</update_date>')
+        self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp('test/plugins.xml.expected', xml_repo, shallow=False))
 
         # compare archive file size
         gh_release = self.repo.get_release(id=RELEASE_VERSION_TEST)
@@ -66,11 +71,13 @@ def test_release_upload_github(self):
         fs = os.path.getsize(archive_name)
         print('size: ', fs)
         self.assertGreater(fs, 0, 'archive file size must be > 0')
+        found = False
         for a in gh_release.get_assets():
             if a.name == archive_name:
+                found = True
                 self.assertEqual(fs, a.size, 'asset size doesn\'t march archive size.')
                 break
-            self.assertTrue(False, 'asset not found')
+        self.assertTrue(found, 'asset not found')