diff --git a/distributed/cli/tests/test_dask_worker.py b/distributed/cli/tests/test_dask_worker.py
index 771dd6d2af..c0e86dd67c 100644
--- a/distributed/cli/tests/test_dask_worker.py
+++ b/distributed/cli/tests/test_dask_worker.py
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ def test_dashboard_non_standard_ports():
     # use internal ip instead of localhost ip to verify GlobalProxyHandler will update
     # to allow internal host ip of a worker.
     w_host = get_ip()
-    s_port = "3233"
-    s_dashboard_port = "3232"
-    w_dashboard_port = "4833"
+    s_port = open_port(s_host)
+    s_dashboard_port = open_port(s_host)
+    w_dashboard_port = open_port(w_host)
     s_cmd = f"dask scheduler --host {s_host} --port {s_port} --dashboard-address :{s_dashboard_port}"
     w_cmd = f"dask worker {s_host}:{s_port} --dashboard-address :{w_dashboard_port} --host {w_host}"
 
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_jupyter.py b/distributed/tests/test_jupyter.py
index 52ca25c169..5280d11093 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_jupyter.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_jupyter.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ async def test_jupyter_idle_timeout_returned():
 @pytest.mark.slow
 @pytest.mark.xfail(WINDOWS, reason="Subprocess launching scheduler TimeoutError")
 @pytest.mark.xfail(MACOS, reason="Client fails to connect on OSX")
-def test_shutsdown_cleanly(loop):
+def test_shutsdown_cleanly(requires_default_ports):
     port = open_port()
     with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as tpe:
         subprocess_fut = tpe.submit(
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_shutsdown_cleanly(loop):
         )
 
         # wait until scheduler is running
-        with Client(f"127.0.0.1:{port}", loop=loop):
+        with Client(f"127.0.0.1:{port}"):
             pass
 
         with requests.Session() as session: