diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index a60d8bde7..3620954ff 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -24894,6 +24894,11 @@ static int SendAlert_ex(WOLFSSL* ssl, int severity, int type)
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_DTLS13 */
             {
                 AddRecordHeader(output, ALERT_SIZE, alert, ssl, CUR_ORDER);
+#ifdef WOLFSSL_DTLS
+                /* AddRecordHeader doesn't increment the seq number */
+                if (ssl->options.dtls)
+                    DtlsSEQIncrement(ssl, CUR_ORDER);
+#endif
             }
 
         output += RECORD_HEADER_SZ;
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 3f49cba91..102511630 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -72699,7 +72699,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_SendUserCanceled(void)
         struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
         WOLFSSL_ALERT_HISTORY h;
 
-        printf("Testing %s", params[i].tls_version);
+        printf("Testing %s\n", params[i].tls_version);
 
         XMEMSET(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
         XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
@@ -72719,8 +72719,8 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_SendUserCanceled(void)
         /* Last alert will be close notify because user_canceled should be
          * followed by a close_notify */
         ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_get_alert_history(ssl_c, &h), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
-        AssertIntEQ(h.last_rx.code, close_notify);
-        AssertIntEQ(h.last_rx.level, alert_warning);
+        ExpectIntEQ(h.last_rx.code, close_notify);
+        ExpectIntEQ(h.last_rx.level, alert_warning);
 
         wolfSSL_free(ssl_c);
         wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);