diff --git a/tests/signalkernel.py b/tests/signalkernel.py
index 65fdb687..74e9fa42 100644
--- a/tests/signalkernel.py
+++ b/tests/signalkernel.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async def shutdown_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if os.environ.get("NO_SHUTDOWN_REPLY") != "1":
             await super().shutdown_request(stream, ident, parent)
 
-    def do_execute(
+    async def do_execute(
         self, code, silent, store_history=True, user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=False
     ):
         code = code.strip()
@@ -47,12 +47,31 @@ def do_execute(
         elif code == "env":
             reply["user_expressions"]["env"] = os.getenv("TEST_VARS", "")
         elif code == "sleep":
-            try:
-                time.sleep(10)
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                reply["user_expressions"]["interrupted"] = True
+            import ipykernel
+
+            if ipykernel.version_info < (7, 0):
+                # ipykernel before anyio.
+                try:
+                    time.sleep(10)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                    reply["user_expressions"]["interrupted"] = True
+                else:
+                    reply["user_expressions"]["interrupted"] = False
             else:
+                # ipykernel after anyio.
+                from anyio import create_task_group, open_signal_receiver, sleep
+
+                async def signal_handler(cancel_scope, reply):
+                    with open_signal_receiver(signal.SIGINT) as signals:
+                        async for _ in signals:
+                            reply["user_expressions"]["interrupted"] = True
+                            cancel_scope.cancel()
+                            return
+
                 reply["user_expressions"]["interrupted"] = False
+                async with create_task_group() as tg:
+                    tg.start_soon(signal_handler, tg.cancel_scope, reply)
+                    tg.start_soon(sleep, 10)
         else:
             reply["status"] = "error"
             reply["ename"] = "Error"