diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_transactions_unified.py b/test/asynchronous/test_transactions_unified.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4519a0e39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_transactions_unified.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Test the Transactions unified spec tests."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path[0:0] = [""]
+
+from test import client_context, unittest
+from test.asynchronous.unified_format import generate_test_classes
+
+_IS_SYNC = False
+
+
+@client_context.require_no_mmap
+def setUpModule():
+    pass
+
+
+# Location of JSON test specifications.
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent, "transactions/unified")
+else:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent, "transactions/unified")
+
+# Generate unified tests.
+globals().update(generate_test_classes(TEST_PATH, module=__name__))
+
+# Location of JSON test specifications for transactions-convenient-api.
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent, "transactions-convenient-api/unified")
+else:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent, "transactions-convenient-api/unified"
+    )
+
+# Generate unified tests.
+globals().update(generate_test_classes(TEST_PATH, module=__name__))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_transactions_unified.py b/test/test_transactions_unified.py
index 81137bf658..641e05108a 100644
--- a/test/test_transactions_unified.py
+++ b/test/test_transactions_unified.py
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 sys.path[0:0] = [""]
 
 from test import client_context, unittest
 from test.unified_format import generate_test_classes
 
+_IS_SYNC = True
+
 
 @client_context.require_no_mmap
 def setUpModule():
@@ -30,15 +33,21 @@ def setUpModule():
 
 
 # Location of JSON test specifications.
-TEST_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "transactions", "unified")
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent, "transactions/unified")
+else:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent, "transactions/unified")
 
 # Generate unified tests.
 globals().update(generate_test_classes(TEST_PATH, module=__name__))
 
 # Location of JSON test specifications for transactions-convenient-api.
-TEST_PATH = os.path.join(
-    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "transactions-convenient-api", "unified"
-)
+if _IS_SYNC:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent, "transactions-convenient-api/unified")
+else:
+    TEST_PATH = os.path.join(
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent, "transactions-convenient-api/unified"
+    )
 
 # Generate unified tests.
 globals().update(generate_test_classes(TEST_PATH, module=__name__))
diff --git a/tools/synchro.py b/tools/synchro.py
index 9f59448bb7..8f6aafe4b4 100644
--- a/tools/synchro.py
+++ b/tools/synchro.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def async_only_test(f: str) -> bool:
     "test_srv_polling.py",
     "test_ssl.py",
     "test_transactions.py",
+    "test_transactions_unified.py",
     "test_unified_format.py",
     "unified_format.py",
 ]