diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c195e1b77..e524051042 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ dev = [
     "cython>=3.2",
     "packaging>=25.0",
     "futurist",
-    "asynctest",
     "pyyaml",
     "numpy",
     "objgraph",
diff --git a/tests/unit/io/test_asyncioreactor.py b/tests/unit/io/test_asyncioreactor.py
index c189aa3d74..f3ed942090 100644
--- a/tests/unit/io/test_asyncioreactor.py
+++ b/tests/unit/io/test_asyncioreactor.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 AsyncioConnection, ASYNCIO_AVAILABLE = None, False
 try:
     from cassandra.io.asyncioreactor import AsyncioConnection
-    import asynctest
     ASYNCIO_AVAILABLE = True
 except (ImportError, SyntaxError, AttributeError):
     AsyncioConnection = None
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@
 from tests import is_monkey_patched, connection_class
 from tests.unit.io.utils import TimerCallback, TimerTestMixin
 
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+import selectors
 import unittest
 import time
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         socket_patcher.start()
 
         old_selector = AsyncioConnection._loop._selector
-        AsyncioConnection._loop._selector = asynctest.TestSelector()
+        AsyncioConnection._loop._selector = MagicMock(spec=selectors.BaseSelector)
 
         def reset_selector():
             AsyncioConnection._loop._selector = old_selector
diff --git a/tests/unit/io/utils.py b/tests/unit/io/utils.py
index 174137225a..f43224058c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/io/utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/io/utils.py
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ def submit_and_wait_for_completion(unit_test, create_timer, start, end, incremen
         time.sleep(.1)
 
     # ensure they are all called back in a timely fashion
+    # Use a generous tolerance (500ms) to account for CI environments under heavy load,
+    # especially Windows during wheel building where timing can be significantly less precise
     for callback in completed_callbacks:
-        assert callback.expected_wait == pytest.approx(callback.get_wait_time(), abs=.15)
+        assert callback.expected_wait == pytest.approx(callback.get_wait_time(), abs=.5)
 
 
 def noop_if_monkey_patched(f):