diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 56e347b..91cd1a1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ BugReports: https://github.com/tidyverse/glue/issues
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 ByteCompile: true
 Config/Needs/website: tidyverse/tidytemplate
+Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 59a1140..b0eafe2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # glue (development version)
 
+* `compare_proxy.glue()` method defined so glue objects can be compared to strings in testthat 3e without errors (#212)
 * Unterminated comments in glue expression now throw an error (#227, @gaborcsardi)
 * Unterminated quotes in glue expressions now throw an error (#226, @gaborcsardi)
 * `print.glue()` no longer prints an empty newline for 0 length inputs (#214)
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index c3d4aa5..9f0138c 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -82,3 +82,9 @@ compare.glue <- function(x, y, ...) {
   }
   NextMethod("compare")
 }
+
+## @export
+compare_proxy.glue <- function(x, path = "x") {
+  class(x) <- NULL
+  NextMethod("compare_proxy")
+}
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 75a0159..f92e130 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # nocov start
 .onLoad <- function(...) {
   register_s3_method("testthat", "compare", "glue")
+  register_s3_method("waldo", "compare_proxy", "glue")
 
   # Register on package load because vctrs depends on glue and will
   # not be fully loaded when glue is loaded
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-collapse.R b/tests/testthat/test-collapse.R
index c839896..4b2e378 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-collapse.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-collapse.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("glue_collapse")
-
 test_that("glue_collapse works like paste(glue_collapse=)", {
   # Always return 0 length outputs for 0 length inputs.
   #expect_identical(paste(glue_collapse = "", character(0)), glue_collapse(character(0)))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-color.R b/tests/testthat/test-color.R
index bafcec4..9dbcea6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-color.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-color.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("color")
-
 skip_if_not_installed("crayon")
 library(crayon)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-glue.R b/tests/testthat/test-glue.R
index 10bceb5..5435034 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-glue.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-glue.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("glue")
-
 test_that("inputs are concatenated, interpolated variables recycled", {
   expect_equal(glue("test", "a", "string", "{1:2}"), c("testastring1", "testastring2"))
 })
@@ -505,7 +503,7 @@ test_that("throws informative error if interpolating a function", {
 
   # some crayon functions are OK, make sure this still works
   if (require("crayon")) {
-    expect_is(glue("{red}red{reset}"), "glue")
+    expect_s3_class(glue("{red}red{reset}"), "glue")
   }
 })
 
@@ -531,3 +529,7 @@ test_that("unterminated comment", {
 test_that("empty glue produces no output", {
   expect_equal(capture.output(print(glue())), character())
 })
+
+test_that("glue objects can be compared to regular strings", {
+  expect_equal(capture.output(print(glue())), character())
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-quoting.R b/tests/testthat/test-quoting.R
index 6b8f14e..01a06f5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-quoting.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-quoting.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("quoting")
-
 test_that("single_quote works", {
   expect_identical(single_quote(character()), character())
   expect_identical(single_quote(NA), NA_character_)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-sql.R b/tests/testthat/test-sql.R
index 3b4f18b..5a083b2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-sql.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-sql.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("sql")
-
 skip_if_not_installed("DBI")
 skip_if_not_installed("RSQLite")
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-trim.R b/tests/testthat/test-trim.R
index 73b9d98..00b25ae 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-trim.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-trim.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-context("trim")
-
 test_that("trim works", {
   expect_identical("", trim(""))
   expect_identical(character(), trim(character()))