diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/local_value_test.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/local_value_test.go
index 123a9b383c..475768a6f5 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/local_value_test.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/local_value_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,36 @@ func TestLocalValueValue(t *testing.T) {
 			LocalName: "name",
 			WantVal:   cty.StringVal("jackson"),
 		},
-		// "childName": {
-		// 	LocalName: "childName",
-		// 	WantVal:   cty.StringVal("foo"),
-		// },
+		"childName": {
+			LocalName: "childName",
+			WantVal:   cty.StringVal("outputted-child of jackson"),
+		},
+		"functional": {
+			LocalName: "functional",
+			WantVal:   cty.StringVal("Hello, Ander!"),
+		},
+		"mappy": {
+			LocalName: "mappy",
+			WantVal: cty.ObjectVal(map[string]cty.Value{
+				"name": cty.StringVal("jackson"),
+				"age":  cty.NumberIntVal(30),
+			}),
+		},
+		"listy": {
+			LocalName: "listy",
+			WantVal: cty.TupleVal([]cty.Value{
+				cty.StringVal("jackson"),
+				cty.NumberIntVal(30),
+			}),
+		},
+		"booleany": {
+			LocalName: "booleany",
+			WantVal:   cty.BoolVal(true),
+		},
+		"conditiony": {
+			LocalName: "conditiony",
+			WantVal:   cty.StringVal("true"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, test := range tests {
@@ -45,7 +71,7 @@ func TestLocalValueValue(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Errorf("unexpected errors\n%s", diags.Err().Error())
 				}
 
-				if got != test.WantVal {
+				if got.Equals(test.WantVal).False() {
 					t.Errorf("got %s, want %s", got, test.WantVal)
 				}
 
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/planning_test.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/planning_test.go
index ff9b04d798..3e1af3350f 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/planning_test.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/planning_test.go
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ func TestPlanning_Locals(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	inPromisingTask(t, func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) {
-		plan, diags := testPlan(t, main)
+		_, diags := testPlan(t, main)
 		if diags.HasErrors() {
 			t.Fatalf("errors encountered\n%s", spew.Sdump(diags.ForRPC()))
 		}
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/testdata/sourcebundle/local_value/basics/local-value-basics.tfstack.hcl b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/testdata/sourcebundle/local_value/basics/local-value-basics.tfstack.hcl
index fe9728e578..6dcff9b065 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/testdata/sourcebundle/local_value/basics/local-value-basics.tfstack.hcl
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/testdata/sourcebundle/local_value/basics/local-value-basics.tfstack.hcl
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 locals {
   name = "jackson"
   childName = stack.child.outputted_name
+  functional = format("Hello, %s!", "Ander")
+  mappy = {
+    name = "jackson",
+    age = 30
+  }
+
+  listy = ["jackson", 30]
+  booleany = true
+  conditiony = local.booleany == true ? "true" : "false"
 }
 
 stack "child" {