diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index dc7bbcb0f..86a02441a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def neo4j_session(neo4j_driver):
 # async support for pytest-benchmark
 # https://github.com/ionelmc/pytest-benchmark/issues/66
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture
-async def aio_benchmark(benchmark, event_loop):
+def aio_benchmark(benchmark, event_loop):
     def _wrapper(func, *args, **kwargs):
         if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(func):
             @benchmark
diff --git a/tests/unit/common/test_debug.py b/tests/unit/common/test_debug.py
index c465080dd..54a698e75 100644
--- a/tests/unit/common/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/unit/common/test_debug.py
@@ -207,13 +207,14 @@ def test_watcher_level_multiple_watchers(
 
 custom_log_out = io.StringIO()
 
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("default_out", "out", "expected_out"),
     (
-        (None, None, sys.stderr),
-        (sys.stdout, None, sys.stdout),
-        (sys.stdout, sys.stderr, sys.stderr),
-        (sys.stderr, sys.stdout, sys.stdout),
+        (None, None, "stderr"),
+        ("stdout", None, "stdout"),
+        ("stdout", "stderr", "stderr"),
+        ("stderr", "stdout", "stdout"),
         (custom_log_out, None, custom_log_out),
         (None, custom_log_out, custom_log_out),
     )
@@ -221,6 +222,20 @@ def test_watcher_level_multiple_watchers(
 def test_watcher_out(
     logger_mocker, default_out, out, expected_out
 ) -> None:
+    def normalize_stream(stream):
+        # For some reason (probably a change in pytest), sys.stdout and
+        # sys.stderr are replaced with a custom io.TextIOWrapper.
+        # Therefore, we grab them dynamically within the test.
+        if isinstance(stream, str):
+            if stream == "stdout":
+                return sys.stdout
+            elif stream == "stderr":
+                return sys.stderr
+        return stream
+
+    default_out = normalize_stream(default_out)
+    out = normalize_stream(out)
+    expected_out = normalize_stream(expected_out)
     logger_name = "neo4j"
     logger = logger_mocker(logger_name)[0]
     kwargs = {}