diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1a3288a0..dca91a12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ jobs:
         echo "$HOME/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
     - name: tox
       run: |
+        if test "py${{ matrix.python }}" = py3.7; then
+          sed -i /asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope/d pyproject.toml
+        fi
         if [[ "py${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.os }}" = "py3.11-ubuntu" ]]; then
           export TOXENV="py311-tf,py311-tf-keras"  # full
         fi
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 821b3234..0eff5698 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
     - numpy
     - pandas
     - pytest-timeout
-    - pytest-asyncio
+    - pytest-asyncio>0.21
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
   rev: 7.1.1
   hooks:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e69c3f68..ec1a63e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ markers = ["asyncio", "slow"]
 python_files = ["tests_*.py", "tests_*.ipynb"]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
 addopts = "-v --tb=short -rxs -W=error --durations=0 --durations-min=0.1 --asyncio-mode=strict"
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true