diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/utils/event/test_event.py b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/event/test_event.py
index e289e72dad..2abd4066c4 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/utils/event/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/event/test_event.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def test_connect_pull_should_debug_log_on_StreamClosedError():
     event = SaltEvent(node=None)
     with patch.object(event, "pusher") as mock_pusher:
         with patch.object(
-            salt.utils.event.log, "debug", auto_spec=True
+            salt.utils.event.log, "debug", auto_spec=True, unsafe=True
         ) as mock_log_debug:
             mock_pusher.connect.side_effect = (
                 salt.ext.tornado.iostream.StreamClosedError
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ def test_connect_pull_should_error_log_on_other_errors(error):
     event = SaltEvent(node=None)
     with patch.object(event, "pusher") as mock_pusher:
         with patch.object(
-            salt.utils.event.log, "debug", auto_spec=True
+            salt.utils.event.log, "debug", auto_spec=True, unsafe=True
         ) as mock_log_debug:
             with patch.object(
-                salt.utils.event.log, "error", auto_spec=True
+                salt.utils.event.log, "error", auto_spec=True, unsafe=True
             ) as mock_log_error:
                 mock_pusher.connect.side_effect = error
                 event.connect_pull()