diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03b5d9a9..98eb2958 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ zookeeper = ["kazoo"]
 test = [
     "APScheduler[mongodb,redis,rethinkdb,sqlalchemy,tornado,zookeeper,etcd]",
     "pytest",
-    "pytest-asyncio >= 0.24.0",
+    "anyio >= 4.5.2",
     "PySide6; python_implementation == 'CPython' and python_version < '3.14'",
     "gevent; python_version < '3.14'",
     "twisted; python_version < '3.14'",
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ local_scheme = "dirty-tag"
 addopts = "-rsx --tb=short"
 testpaths = "tests"
 filterwarnings = "always"
-asyncio_mode = "strict"
-asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
 markers = [
     "external_service: marks tests as requiring some external service",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 03da555e..903b689f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def anyio_backend():
+    return "asyncio"
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def timezone(monkeypatch):
     tz = pytz.timezone("Europe/Berlin")
diff --git a/tests/test_executors.py b/tests/test_executors.py
index 7acc3932..a88c045f 100644
--- a/tests/test_executors.py
+++ b/tests/test_executors.py
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ def executor(request, mock_scheduler):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def asyncio_scheduler(event_loop):
-    scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler(event_loop=event_loop)
+async def asyncio_scheduler():
+    scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler()
     scheduler.start(paused=True)
     yield scheduler
     scheduler.shutdown(False)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def asyncio_executor(asyncio_scheduler):
+async def asyncio_executor(asyncio_scheduler):
     executor = AsyncIOExecutor()
     executor.start(asyncio_scheduler, "default")
     yield executor
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def func():
     assert len(foos) == 0
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_run_async_job_memory_leak():
     class FooBar:
         pass
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def listener(evt):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("exception", [False, True])
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_run_coroutine_job(asyncio_scheduler, asyncio_executor, exception):
     from asyncio import Future, sleep
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ async def test_run_coroutine_job(asyncio_scheduler, asyncio_executor, exception)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("exception", [False, True])
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_run_coroutine_job_tornado(
     tornado_scheduler, tornado_executor, exception
 ):
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ async def test_run_coroutine_job_tornado(
         assert events[0].retval is True
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_asyncio_executor_shutdown(asyncio_scheduler, asyncio_executor):
     """Test that the AsyncIO executor cancels its pending tasks on shutdown."""
     from asyncio import sleep
diff --git a/tests/test_schedulers.py b/tests/test_schedulers.py
index 4bed2b4a..eb497df6 100644
--- a/tests/test_schedulers.py
+++ b/tests/test_schedulers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import logging
 import pickle
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     SchedulerAlreadyRunningError,
     SchedulerNotRunningError,
 )
+from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
 from apscheduler.schedulers.base import STATE_RUNNING, STATE_STOPPED, BaseScheduler
 from apscheduler.triggers.base import BaseTrigger
 from apscheduler.util import undefined
@@ -1148,20 +1150,22 @@ def scheduler(self):
 
 class TestAsyncIOScheduler(SchedulerImplementationTestBase):
     @pytest.fixture
-    def scheduler(self, event_loop):
-        asyncio = pytest.importorskip("apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio")
-        return asyncio.AsyncIOScheduler(event_loop=event_loop)
+    def scheduler(self):
+        return AsyncIOScheduler()
 
     @pytest.fixture
-    def start_scheduler(self, request, event_loop, scheduler):
-        event_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(scheduler.start)
+    def start_scheduler(self, request, scheduler):
+        event_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        event_loop.call_soon(scheduler.start)
         thread = Thread(target=event_loop.run_forever)
         yield thread.start
 
         if scheduler.running:
             event_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(scheduler.shutdown)
+
         event_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(event_loop.stop)
         thread.join()
+        event_loop.close()
 
 
 class TestGeventScheduler(SchedulerImplementationTestBase):