diff --git a/tests/stdlib/nre/captures.nim b/tests/stdlib/nre/captures.nim
index 19c344a8d..bd5e83ecc 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/nre/captures.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/nre/captures.nim
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ suite "captures":
   test "capture bounds are correct":
     let ex1 = re("([0-9])")
     check("1 23".find(ex1).matchBounds == 0 .. 0)
-    check("1 23".find(ex1).captureBounds[0].get == 0 .. 0)
+    check("1 23".find(ex1).captureBounds[0] == 0 .. 0)
     check("1 23".find(ex1, 1).matchBounds == 2 .. 2)
     check("1 23".find(ex1, 3).matchBounds == 3 .. 3)
 
     let ex2 = re("()()()()()()()()()()([0-9])")
-    check("824".find(ex2).captureBounds[0].get == 0 .. -1)
-    check("824".find(ex2).captureBounds[10].get == 0 .. 0)
+    check("824".find(ex2).captureBounds[0] == 0 .. -1)
+    check("824".find(ex2).captureBounds[10] == 0 .. 0)
 
     let ex3 = re("([0-9]+)")
-    check("824".find(ex3).captureBounds[0].get == 0 .. 2)
+    check("824".find(ex3).captureBounds[0] == 0 .. 2)
 
   test "named captures":
     let ex1 = "foobar".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)"))
@@ -26,13 +26,19 @@ suite "captures":
     check(ex1.captures["bar"] == "bar")
 
     let ex2 = "foo".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
+    check("foo" in ex2.captureBounds)
     check(ex2.captures["foo"] == "foo")
-    check(ex2.captures["bar"] == nil)
+    check(not ("bar" in ex2.captures))
+    expect KeyError:
+        discard ex2.captures["bar"]
 
   test "named capture bounds":
     let ex1 = "foo".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
-    check(ex1.captureBounds["foo"] == some(0..2))
-    check(ex1.captureBounds["bar"] == none(Slice[int]))
+    check("foo" in ex1.captureBounds)
+    check(ex1.captureBounds["foo"] == 0..2)
+    check(not ("bar" in ex1.captures))
+    expect KeyError:
+        discard ex1.captures["bar"]
 
   test "capture count":
     let ex1 = re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?")
@@ -41,19 +47,18 @@ suite "captures":
 
   test "named capture table":
     let ex1 = "foo".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
-    check(ex1.captures.toTable == {"foo" : "foo", "bar" : nil}.toTable())
-    check(ex1.captureBounds.toTable == {"foo" : some(0..2), "bar" : none(Slice[int])}.toTable())
-    check(ex1.captures.toTable("") == {"foo" : "foo", "bar" : ""}.toTable())
+    check(ex1.captures.toTable == {"foo" : "foo"}.toTable())
+    check(ex1.captureBounds.toTable == {"foo" : 0..2}.toTable())
 
     let ex2 = "foobar".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
     check(ex2.captures.toTable == {"foo" : "foo", "bar" : "bar"}.toTable())
 
   test "capture sequence":
     let ex1 = "foo".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
-    check(ex1.captures.toSeq == @["foo", nil])
+    check(ex1.captures.toSeq == @[some("foo"), none(string)])
     check(ex1.captureBounds.toSeq == @[some(0..2), none(Slice[int])])
-    check(ex1.captures.toSeq("") == @["foo", ""])
+    check(ex1.captures.toSeq(some("")) == @[some("foo"), some("")])
 
     let ex2 = "foobar".find(re("(?<foo>foo)(?<bar>bar)?"))
-    check(ex2.captures.toSeq == @["foo", "bar"])
+    check(ex2.captures.toSeq == @[some("foo"), some("bar")])
 
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/nre/match.nim b/tests/stdlib/nre/match.nim
index 38ee5214b..06b69fd04 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/nre/match.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/nre/match.nim
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ suite "match":
     check("abc".match(re"(\w)").captures[0] == "a")
     check("abc".match(re"(?<letter>\w)").captures["letter"] == "a")
     check("abc".match(re"(\w)\w").captures[-1] == "ab")
-    check("abc".match(re"(\w)").captureBounds[0].get == 0 .. 0)
-    check("abc".match(re"").captureBounds[-1].get == 0 .. -1)
-    check("abc".match(re"abc").captureBounds[-1].get == 0 .. 2)
+    check("abc".match(re"(\w)").captureBounds[0] == 0 .. 0)
+    check("abc".match(re"").captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. -1)
+    check("abc".match(re"abc").captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. 2)
 
   test "match test cases":
     check("123".match(re"").matchBounds == 0 .. -1)
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/nre/replace.nim b/tests/stdlib/nre/replace.nim
index 516fd4328..812a7f384 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/nre/replace.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/nre/replace.nim
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ suite "replace":
     check("123".replace(re"(?<foo>\d)(\d)", "${foo}$#$#") == "1123")
 
   test "replacing missing captures should throw instead of segfaulting":
-    expect ValueError: discard "ab".replace(re"(a)|(b)", "$1$2")
-    expect ValueError: discard "b".replace(re"(a)?(b)", "$1$2")
+    expect IndexError: discard "ab".replace(re"(a)|(b)", "$1$2")
+    expect IndexError: discard "b".replace(re"(a)?(b)", "$1$2")
+    expect KeyError: discard "b".replace(re"(a)?", "${foo}")
+    expect KeyError: discard "b".replace(re"(?<foo>a)?", "${foo}")