diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a59f87b19d..6d8a611af2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func-test:
 	@echo Telemetry Status: $(SAM_CLI_TELEMETRY)
 	pytest --cov samcli.local --cov samcli.commands.local --cov-report term-missing tests/functional/commands/validate tests/functional/commands/cli/test_global_config.py
 
+regres-test:
+	@echo Telemetry Status: $(SAM_CLI_TELEMETRY)
+	SAM_CLI_DEV=1 pytest tests/regression
+
 smoke-test:
 	# Smoke tests run in parallel
 	SAM_CLI_DEV=1 pytest -n 4 tests/smoke
diff --git a/tests/regression/package/regression_package_base.py b/tests/regression/package/regression_package_base.py
index c893a52ba8..7f80dbb1ba 100644
--- a/tests/regression/package/regression_package_base.py
+++ b/tests/regression/package/regression_package_base.py
@@ -94,4 +94,8 @@ def regression_check(self, args):
             self.assertEqual(process.returncode, 0)
             output_aws = output_template_file_aws.read()
 
+        if "use_json" in args and args.get("use_json"):
+            output_sam = json.loads(output_sam)
+            output_aws = json.loads(output_aws)
+
         self.assertEqual(output_sam, output_aws)