diff --git a/lib/caching-precompiler.js b/lib/caching-precompiler.js
index 59d0b5cd2..da6d11375 100644
--- a/lib/caching-precompiler.js
+++ b/lib/caching-precompiler.js
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ CachingPrecompiler.prototype._createEspowerPlugin = function () {
 
 	// initialize power-assert
 	return createEspowerPlugin(this.babel, {
+		embedAst: true,
 		patterns: enhanceAssert.PATTERNS
 	});
 };
diff --git a/lib/enhance-assert.js b/lib/enhance-assert.js
index 54210aeff..86908b89e 100644
--- a/lib/enhance-assert.js
+++ b/lib/enhance-assert.js
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ function enhanceAssert(opts) {
 }
 
 function formatter() {
-	var powerAssertFormatter = require('power-assert-formatter');
-	var powerAssertRenderers = require('power-assert-renderers');
+	var createFormatter = require('power-assert-context-formatter');
+	var SuccinctRenderer = require('power-assert-renderer-succinct');
+	var AssertionRenderer = require('power-assert-renderer-assertion');
 
-	return powerAssertFormatter({
-		maxDepth: 3,
+	return createFormatter({
 		renderers: [
-			powerAssertRenderers.AssertionRenderer,
-			powerAssertRenderers.SuccinctRenderer
+			{ctor: AssertionRenderer},
+			{ctor: SuccinctRenderer, options: {maxDepth: 3}}
 		]
 	});
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72156fa58..ce68ae2b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "babel-core": "^6.3.21",
     "babel-plugin-ava-throws-helper": "0.0.4",
     "babel-plugin-detective": "^1.0.2",
-    "babel-plugin-espower": "^2.1.0",
+    "babel-plugin-espower": "^2.2.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     "convert-source-map": "^1.2.0",
     "core-assert": "^0.2.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
-    "empower-core": "^0.5.0",
+    "empower-core": "^0.6.1",
     "figures": "^1.4.0",
     "find-cache-dir": "^0.1.1",
     "fn-name": "^2.0.0",
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@
     "package-hash": "^1.1.0",
     "pkg-conf": "^1.0.1",
     "plur": "^2.0.0",
-    "power-assert-formatter": "^1.3.0",
-    "power-assert-renderers": "^0.1.0",
+    "power-assert-context-formatter": "^1.0.4",
+    "power-assert-renderer-assertion": "^1.0.1",
+    "power-assert-renderer-succinct": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-ms": "^2.0.0",
     "repeating": "^2.0.0",
     "require-precompiled": "^0.1.0",
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@
     "update-notifier": "^0.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "cli-table2": "^0.2.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.4",
     "delay": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/test/api.js b/test/api.js
index 9201f4a06..654bf67a9 100644
--- a/test/api.js
+++ b/test/api.js
@@ -650,9 +650,13 @@ function generateTests(prefix, apiCreator) {
 	});
 
 	test(prefix + 'power-assert support', function (t) {
-		t.plan(3);
+		t.plan(5);
 
-		var api = apiCreator();
+		var api = apiCreator({
+			babelConfig: {
+				presets: ['react', 'es2015', 'stage-2']
+			}
+		});
 
 		api.run([path.join(__dirname, 'fixture/power-assert.js')])
 			.then(function (result) {
@@ -667,6 +671,16 @@ function generateTests(prefix, apiCreator) {
 					result.errors[1].error.message,
 					/with message\s+t\.true\(a === 'foo', 'with message'\)\s*\n\s+\|\s*\n\s+"bar"/m
 				);
+
+				t.match(
+					result.errors[2].error.message,
+					/t\.true\(o === \{ ...o \}\)\s*\n\s+\|\s*\n\s+Object\{\}/m
+				);
+
+				t.match(
+					result.errors[3].error.message,
+					/t\.true\(<div \/> === <span \/>\)/m
+				);
 			});
 	});
 
diff --git a/test/fixture/power-assert.js b/test/fixture/power-assert.js
index c1b940f5f..c494e7258 100644
--- a/test/fixture/power-assert.js
+++ b/test/fixture/power-assert.js
@@ -11,3 +11,15 @@ test.serial(t => {
 
 	t.true(a === 'foo', 'with message');
 });
+
+test.serial(t => {
+	const o = {};
+
+	t.true(o === {...o});
+});
+
+test.serial(t => {
+	const React = { createElement: function(type) { return type } }
+
+	t.true(<div /> === <span />);
+});