diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index dda31934f7b..072ce9e112b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 import functools
 import gc
 import itertools
-from json import JSONDecoder, loads
+from json import JSONDecoder
 import logging
 import sqlite3
 import ssl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http import URL
 from homeassistant.const import HASSIO_USER_NAME
 from homeassistant.core import CoreState, HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.helpers import config_entry_oauth2_flow, recorder as recorder_helper
+from homeassistant.helpers.json import json_loads
 from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType
 from homeassistant.setup import async_setup_component
 from homeassistant.util import dt as dt_util, location
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ class CoalescingResponse(client.ClientWebSocketResponse):
     async def receive_json(
         self,
         *,
-        loads: JSONDecoder = loads,
+        loads: JSONDecoder = json_loads,
         timeout: float | None = None,
     ) -> Any:
         """receive_json or from buffer."""