diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 0ca40e5825e..fce7f030b1b 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ freebsd_instance:
   memory: 4G
 
 test_task:
-  name: "Tests / FreeBSD / "
+  name: "Tests / pytest [FreeBSD]"
   only_if: $CIRRUS_TAG == ''
   skip: "!changesInclude('.cirrus.yml', 'poetry.lock', 'pyproject.toml', 'src/**.py', 'tests/**')"
   env:
@@ -12,19 +12,14 @@ test_task:
     # avoid failures on tests that depend on it.
     SHELL: sh
     matrix:
-      - PYTHON: python3.8
-      - PYTHON: python3.9
-      - PYTHON: python3.10
-      - PYTHON: python3.11
-  install_prereqs_script:
-    - V=$(printf '%s' $PYTHON | tr -d '.[:alpha:]')
-    - pkg install -y python${V} py${V}-sqlite3
-  install_poetry_script:
-    - POETRY_HOME=/opt/poetry
-    - $PYTHON -m venv $POETRY_HOME
-    - $POETRY_HOME/bin/pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-    - $POETRY_HOME/bin/pip install poetry
-    - echo "PATH=$POETRY_HOME/bin:$PATH" >> $CIRRUS_ENV
+      - PY: 38
+      - PY: 39
+      - PY: 310
+      - PY: 311
+  bootstrap_poetry_script:
+    - pkg install -y python${PY} py${py}-sqlite3 devel/py-pipx
+    - pipx install poetry
+    - pipx ensurepath
   install_and_test_script:
     - poetry install
     - poetry run pytest --junitxml=junit.xml -v