diff --git a/pymongo/network_layer.py b/pymongo/network_layer.py
index 4d21300bc6..c1db31f89c 100644
--- a/pymongo/network_layer.py
+++ b/pymongo/network_layer.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 async def async_sendall(sock: Union[socket.socket, _sslConn], buf: bytes) -> None:
     timeout = sock.gettimeout()
     sock.settimeout(0.0)
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
     try:
         if _HAVE_SSL and isinstance(sock, (SSLSocket, _sslConn)):
             await asyncio.wait_for(_async_sendall_ssl(sock, buf, loop), timeout=timeout)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async def async_receive_data(
         timeout = sock_timeout
 
     sock.settimeout(0.0)
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
     cancellation_task = create_task(_poll_cancellation(conn))
     try:
         if _HAVE_SSL and isinstance(sock, (SSLSocket, _sslConn)):
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ async def async_receive_data_socket(
     timeout = sock_timeout
 
     sock.settimeout(0.0)
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
     try:
         if _HAVE_SSL and isinstance(sock, (SSLSocket, _sslConn)):
             return await asyncio.wait_for(
diff --git a/pymongo/pyopenssl_context.py b/pymongo/pyopenssl_context.py
index a320e94929..8c643394b2 100644
--- a/pymongo/pyopenssl_context.py
+++ b/pymongo/pyopenssl_context.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def __set_check_ocsp_endpoint(self, value: bool) -> None:
 
     check_ocsp_endpoint = property(__get_check_ocsp_endpoint, __set_check_ocsp_endpoint)
 
-    def __get_options(self) -> None:
+    def __get_options(self) -> int:
         # Calling set_options adds the option to the existing bitmask and
         # returns the new bitmask.
         # https://www.pyopenssl.org/en/stable/api/ssl.html#OpenSSL.SSL.Context.set_options
diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
index ef53d8ccd5..2b22bd8b76 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
@@ -2884,6 +2884,8 @@ async def http_post(self, path, data=None):
         # each request because the server is single threaded.
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=CA_PEM)
         ctx.load_cert_chain(CLIENT_PEM)
+        ctx.check_hostname = False
+        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
         conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("127.0.0.1:9003", context=ctx)
         try:
             if data is not None:
diff --git a/test/test_encryption.py b/test/test_encryption.py
index 726463c41e..9224310144 100644
--- a/test/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/test_encryption.py
@@ -2866,6 +2866,8 @@ def http_post(self, path, data=None):
         # each request because the server is single threaded.
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=CA_PEM)
         ctx.load_cert_chain(CLIENT_PEM)
+        ctx.check_hostname = False
+        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
         conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("127.0.0.1:9003", context=ctx)
         try:
             if data is not None: