diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py b/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
index e9f19c145c8673..b4df353012b788 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def recolorize_main(self):
                     # crumb telling the next invocation to resume here
                     # in case update tells us to leave.
                     self.tag_add("TODO", next)
-                self.update()
+                self.update_idletasks()
                 if self.stop_colorizing:
                     if DEBUG: print("colorizing stopped")
                     return
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/outwin.py b/Lib/idlelib/outwin.py
index ac67c904ab9797..610031e26f1dff 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/outwin.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/outwin.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def write(self, s, tags=(), mark="insert"):
         assert isinstance(s, str)
         self.text.insert(mark, s, tags)
         self.text.see(mark)
-        self.text.update()
+        self.text.update_idletasks()
         return len(s)
 
     def writelines(self, lines):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2023-04-30-20-01-18.gh-issue-88496.y65vUb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2023-04-30-20-01-18.gh-issue-88496.y65vUb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4f390d189d23b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2023-04-30-20-01-18.gh-issue-88496.y65vUb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix IDLE test hang on macOS.