diff --git a/test/asynchronous/helpers.py b/test/asynchronous/helpers.py
index b5fc5d8ac4..7758f281e1 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/helpers.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/helpers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """Shared constants and helper methods for pymongo, bson, and gridfs test suites."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import base64
 import gc
 import multiprocessing
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 import warnings
 from asyncio import iscoroutinefunction
 
+from pymongo._asyncio_task import create_task
+
 try:
     import ipaddress
 
@@ -369,3 +372,37 @@ def disable(self):
             os.environ.pop("SSL_CERT_FILE")
         else:
             os.environ["SSL_CERT_FILE"] = self.original_certs
+
+
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    PARENT = threading.Thread
+else:
+    PARENT = object
+
+
+class ConcurrentRunner(PARENT):
+    def __init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        if _IS_SYNC:
+            super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.name = name
+        self.stopped = False
+        self.task = None
+        if "target" in kwargs:
+            self.target = kwargs["target"]
+
+    if not _IS_SYNC:
+
+        async def start(self):
+            self.task = create_task(self.run(), name=self.name)
+
+        async def join(self, timeout: float | None = 0):  # type: ignore[override]
+            if self.task is not None:
+                await asyncio.wait([self.task], timeout=timeout)
+
+        def is_alive(self):
+            return not self.stopped
+
+    async def run(self):
+        if self.target:
+            await self.target()
+        self.stopped = True
diff --git a/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py b/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
index 52d964eb3e..a7a6364497 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/unified_format.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     client_knobs,
     unittest,
 )
+from test.asynchronous.utils_spec_runner import SpecRunnerTask
 from test.unified_format_shared import (
     KMS_TLS_OPTS,
     PLACEHOLDER_MAP,
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@
     snake_to_camel,
     wait_until,
 )
-from test.utils_spec_runner import SpecRunnerThread
 from test.version import Version
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional
 
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ async def drop(self: AsyncGridFSBucket, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             return
         elif entity_type == "thread":
             name = spec["id"]
-            thread = SpecRunnerThread(name)
-            thread.start()
+            thread = SpecRunnerTask(name)
+            await thread.start()
             self[name] = thread
             return
 
@@ -1177,16 +1177,16 @@ def primary_changed() -> bool:
 
         wait_until(primary_changed, "change primary", timeout=timeout)
 
-    def _testOperation_runOnThread(self, spec):
+    async def _testOperation_runOnThread(self, spec):
         """Run the 'runOnThread' operation."""
         thread = self.entity_map[spec["thread"]]
-        thread.schedule(lambda: self.run_entity_operation(spec["operation"]))
+        await thread.schedule(functools.partial(self.run_entity_operation, spec["operation"]))
 
-    def _testOperation_waitForThread(self, spec):
+    async def _testOperation_waitForThread(self, spec):
         """Run the 'waitForThread' operation."""
         thread = self.entity_map[spec["thread"]]
-        thread.stop()
-        thread.join(10)
+        await thread.stop()
+        await thread.join(10)
         if thread.exc:
             raise thread.exc
         self.assertFalse(thread.is_alive(), "Thread {} is still running".format(spec["thread"]))
diff --git a/test/asynchronous/utils_spec_runner.py b/test/asynchronous/utils_spec_runner.py
index b79e5258b5..d103374313 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/utils_spec_runner.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/utils_spec_runner.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 import asyncio
 import functools
 import os
-import threading
 import unittest
 from asyncio import iscoroutinefunction
 from collections import abc
 from test.asynchronous import AsyncIntegrationTest, async_client_context, client_knobs
+from test.asynchronous.helpers import ConcurrentRunner
 from test.utils import (
     CMAPListener,
     CompareType,
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 from pymongo.asynchronous.command_cursor import AsyncCommandCursor
 from pymongo.asynchronous.cursor import AsyncCursor
 from pymongo.errors import AutoReconnect, BulkWriteError, OperationFailure, PyMongoError
+from pymongo.lock import _async_cond_wait, _async_create_condition, _async_create_lock
 from pymongo.read_concern import ReadConcern
 from pymongo.read_preferences import ReadPreference
 from pymongo.results import BulkWriteResult, _WriteResult
@@ -55,38 +56,36 @@
 _IS_SYNC = False
 
 
-class SpecRunnerThread(threading.Thread):
+class SpecRunnerTask(ConcurrentRunner):
     def __init__(self, name):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.name = name
+        super().__init__(name)
         self.exc = None
         self.daemon = True
-        self.cond = threading.Condition()
+        self.cond = _async_create_condition(_async_create_lock())
         self.ops = []
-        self.stopped = False
 
-    def schedule(self, work):
+    async def schedule(self, work):
         self.ops.append(work)
-        with self.cond:
+        async with self.cond:
             self.cond.notify()
 
-    def stop(self):
+    async def stop(self):
         self.stopped = True
-        with self.cond:
+        async with self.cond:
             self.cond.notify()
 
-    def run(self):
+    async def run(self):
         while not self.stopped or self.ops:
             if not self.ops:
-                with self.cond:
-                    self.cond.wait(10)
+                async with self.cond:
+                    await _async_cond_wait(self.cond, 10)
             if self.ops:
                 try:
                     work = self.ops.pop(0)
-                    work()
+                    await work()
                 except Exception as exc:
                     self.exc = exc
-                    self.stop()
+                    await self.stop()
 
 
 class AsyncSpecTestCreator:
diff --git a/test/helpers.py b/test/helpers.py
index 11d5ab0374..bd9e23bba4 100644
--- a/test/helpers.py
+++ b/test/helpers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """Shared constants and helper methods for pymongo, bson, and gridfs test suites."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import base64
 import gc
 import multiprocessing
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 import warnings
 from asyncio import iscoroutinefunction
 
+from pymongo._asyncio_task import create_task
+
 try:
     import ipaddress
 
@@ -369,3 +372,37 @@ def disable(self):
             os.environ.pop("SSL_CERT_FILE")
         else:
             os.environ["SSL_CERT_FILE"] = self.original_certs
+
+
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    PARENT = threading.Thread
+else:
+    PARENT = object
+
+
+class ConcurrentRunner(PARENT):
+    def __init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        if _IS_SYNC:
+            super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.name = name
+        self.stopped = False
+        self.task = None
+        if "target" in kwargs:
+            self.target = kwargs["target"]
+
+    if not _IS_SYNC:
+
+        def start(self):
+            self.task = create_task(self.run(), name=self.name)
+
+        def join(self, timeout: float | None = 0):  # type: ignore[override]
+            if self.task is not None:
+                asyncio.wait([self.task], timeout=timeout)
+
+        def is_alive(self):
+            return not self.stopped
+
+    def run(self):
+        if self.target:
+            self.target()
+        self.stopped = True
diff --git a/test/unified_format.py b/test/unified_format.py
index 372eb8abba..84f1553c53 100644
--- a/test/unified_format.py
+++ b/test/unified_format.py
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ def primary_changed() -> bool:
     def _testOperation_runOnThread(self, spec):
         """Run the 'runOnThread' operation."""
         thread = self.entity_map[spec["thread"]]
-        thread.schedule(lambda: self.run_entity_operation(spec["operation"]))
+        thread.schedule(functools.partial(self.run_entity_operation, spec["operation"]))
 
     def _testOperation_waitForThread(self, spec):
         """Run the 'waitForThread' operation."""
diff --git a/test/utils_spec_runner.py b/test/utils_spec_runner.py
index 4508502cd0..6a62112afb 100644
--- a/test/utils_spec_runner.py
+++ b/test/utils_spec_runner.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 import asyncio
 import functools
 import os
-import threading
 import unittest
 from asyncio import iscoroutinefunction
 from collections import abc
 from test import IntegrationTest, client_context, client_knobs
+from test.helpers import ConcurrentRunner
 from test.utils import (
     CMAPListener,
     CompareType,
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 from gridfs import GridFSBucket
 from gridfs.synchronous.grid_file import GridFSBucket
 from pymongo.errors import AutoReconnect, BulkWriteError, OperationFailure, PyMongoError
+from pymongo.lock import _cond_wait, _create_condition, _create_lock
 from pymongo.read_concern import ReadConcern
 from pymongo.read_preferences import ReadPreference
 from pymongo.results import BulkWriteResult, _WriteResult
@@ -55,15 +56,13 @@
 _IS_SYNC = True
 
 
-class SpecRunnerThread(threading.Thread):
+class SpecRunnerThread(ConcurrentRunner):
     def __init__(self, name):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.name = name
+        super().__init__(name)
         self.exc = None
         self.daemon = True
-        self.cond = threading.Condition()
+        self.cond = _create_condition(_create_lock())
         self.ops = []
-        self.stopped = False
 
     def schedule(self, work):
         self.ops.append(work)
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ def run(self):
         while not self.stopped or self.ops:
             if not self.ops:
                 with self.cond:
-                    self.cond.wait(10)
+                    _cond_wait(self.cond, 10)
             if self.ops:
                 try:
                     work = self.ops.pop(0)
diff --git a/tools/synchro.py b/tools/synchro.py
index ef82db756d..4584c41a6c 100644
--- a/tools/synchro.py
+++ b/tools/synchro.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     "_async_create_lock": "_create_lock",
     "_async_create_condition": "_create_condition",
     "_async_cond_wait": "_cond_wait",
+    "SpecRunnerTask": "SpecRunnerThread",
     "AsyncMockConnection": "MockConnection",
     "AsyncMockPool": "MockPool",
 }