diff --git a/bazel/_gevent_test_main.py b/bazel/_gevent_test_main.py
index f7936daaf0d..bec31a911b6 100644
--- a/bazel/_gevent_test_main.py
+++ b/bazel/_gevent_test_main.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import unittest
 import sys
 import os
 import pkgutil
+import importlib
 
 def trace_callback(event, args):
     if event in ("switch", "throw"):
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ class SingleLoader(object):
         tests = []
         for importer, module_name, is_package in pkgutil.walk_packages([os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(__file__))]):
             if pattern in module_name:
-                module = importer.find_module(module_name).load_module(module_name)
+                spec = importer.find_spec(module_name)
+                module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+                spec.loader.exec_module(module)
                 tests.append(loader.loadTestsFromModule(module))
         if len(tests) != 1:
             raise AssertionError("Expected only 1 test module. Found {}".format(tests))
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_loader.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_loader.py
index 0d82ce40116..9db7e343acb 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_loader.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_loader.py
@@ -103,12 +103,13 @@ class Loader(object):
         for importer, module_name, is_package in pkgutil.walk_packages(
             [package_path], prefix
         ):
-            found_module = importer.find_module(module_name)
             module = None
             if module_name in sys.modules:
                 module = sys.modules[module_name]
             else:
-                module = found_module.load_module(module_name)
+                spec = importer.find_spec(module_name)
+                module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+                spec.loader.exec_module(module)
             self.visit_module(module)
 
     def visit_module(self, module):