diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_tasks.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_tasks.py
index c9305936de5529..40d1953532bc5b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_tasks.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_tasks.py
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ def notmuch():
         t2 = self.new_task(self.loop, notmuch(), None)
         self.assertNotEqual(repr(t1), repr(t2))
 
-        match1 = re.match("^<Task pending name='Task-(\d+)'", repr(t1))
+        match1 = re.match(r"^<Task pending name='Task-(\d+)'", repr(t1))
         self.assertIsNotNone(match1)
-        match2 = re.match("^<Task pending name='Task-(\d+)'", repr(t2))
+        match2 = re.match(r"^<Task pending name='Task-(\d+)'", repr(t2))
         self.assertIsNotNone(match2)
 
         # Autogenerated task names should have monotonically increasing numbers