diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions_spec.rb
index bb31f75da..e14a1552c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RSpec.describe "log_variable_definitions" do
     end
 
     it "adds CsvVariableDefinition records from each file in the specified directory" do
-      expect { task.invoke(path) }.to change(CsvVariableDefinition, :count).by(:total_variable_count)
+      expect { task.invoke(path) }.to change(CsvVariableDefinition, :count).by(total_variable_definitions_count)
     end
 
     it "handles an empty directory without errors" do
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RSpec.describe "log_variable_definitions" do
       task.invoke(path)
       second_run_count = CsvVariableDefinition.count
 
-      expect(first_run_count).to eq(initial_count + :total_variable_count)
+      expect(first_run_count).to eq(initial_count + total_variable_definitions_count)
       expect(second_run_count).to eq(first_run_count)
     end
   end