diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
index b25c0975736e20e..b8379f6a1bde1d5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
@@ -2690,7 +2690,8 @@ def test_set_event_loop_policy(self):
         old_policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
 
         policy = asyncio.DefaultEventLoopPolicy()
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
+            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
         self.assertIs(policy, asyncio.get_event_loop_policy())
         self.assertIsNot(policy, old_policy)