diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/conftest.py b/tests/dragonfly/conftest.py
index 2c87daf6294f..2a948f7da1d6 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/conftest.py
@@ -250,13 +250,6 @@ def parse_args(args: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Union[str, None]]:
     return args_dict
 
 
-@pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="class")
-def event_loop():
-    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-    yield loop
-    loop.close()
-
-
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="class", params=[{}])
 async def df_factory(
     request,
@@ -363,15 +356,22 @@ async def async_pool(df_server: DflyInstance):
 
 
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="function")
-async def async_client(async_pool):
+async def async_client(df_server: DflyInstance):
     """
     Return an async client to the default instance with all entries flushed.
     """
-    client = aioredis.Redis(connection_pool=async_pool)
+    client = aioredis.Redis(
+        host="localhost",
+        port=df_server.port,
+        db=DATABASE_INDEX,
+        decode_responses=True,
+        max_connections=32,
+    )
     await client.client_setname("default-async-fixture")
     await client.flushall()
     await client.select(DATABASE_INDEX)
     yield client
+    await client.aclose()
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt b/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
index b8f7593cbfdd..06740426d824 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ packaging>=23.1
 pluggy>=1.0.0
 py>=1.11.0
 pyparsing>=3.0.9
-pytest>=7.1.2
+pytest>=8.3,<9.0
 redis>=5.2.1
 tomli>=2.0.1
 wrapt>=1.14.1
-pytest-asyncio==0.20.1
+pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0,<0.25.0
 pytest-repeat>=0.9.3
 pymemcache>=4.0.0
 meta_memcache>=2
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
index 933291a29a61..178c16bec4cf 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ async def test_exit_on_s3_snapshot_load_err(df_factory):
     reason="AWS S3 snapshots bucket or credentials are not configured",
 )
 @dfly_args({**BASIC_ARGS})
-async def test_s3_snapshot(async_client, tmp_dir):
+async def test_s3_snapshot(df_server, tmp_dir):
+    async_client = df_server.client()
     seeder = DebugPopulateSeeder(key_target=10_000)
     await seeder.run(async_client)
 
@@ -460,7 +461,8 @@ async def test_s3_reload_snapshot_after_restart(df_factory, tmp_dir):
     reason="AWS S3 snapshots bucket or credentials are not configured",
 )
 @dfly_args({**BASIC_ARGS})
-async def test_s3_save_local_dir(async_client, tmp_dir):
+async def test_s3_save_local_dir(df_server, tmp_dir):
+    async_client = df_server.client()
     seeder = DebugPopulateSeeder(key_target=10_000)
     await seeder.run(async_client)
 
diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
index 6aba5b0d21f2..bfe0620b4151 100644
--- a/tests/pytest.ini
+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ log_date_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
 log_file_level=INFO
 log_cli = true
 asyncio_mode=auto
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope=session
 addopts = -ra --emoji --showlocals -m "not large"
 markers =
 # Tests that should only run on release builds and take significant amount of time to run.