diff --git a/tests/test_adresse.py b/tests/test_adresse.py
index d0b2f547d..038cb1b6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_adresse.py
+++ b/tests/test_adresse.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 
 import pytest
-from py._path.local import LocalPath  # type:ignore[import]
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from bo4e.com.adresse import Adresse
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_deserialization(self) -> None:
         assert a.landescode is Landescode.AT  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     @pytest.mark.datafiles("./tests/test_data/test_data_adresse/test_data_adresse_missing_plz.json")
-    def test_missing_required_attribute(self, datafiles: LocalPath) -> None:
+    def test_missing_required_attribute(self, datafiles: Path) -> None:
         """
         Test for getting an error message if a required attribute is missing
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_geschaeftspartner.py b/tests/test_geschaeftspartner.py
index 409bd7d3c..c0c4a5cf1 100644
--- a/tests/test_geschaeftspartner.py
+++ b/tests/test_geschaeftspartner.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from py._path.local import LocalPath  # type:ignore[import]
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from bo4e.bo.geschaeftspartner import Geschaeftspartner
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 class TestGeschaeftspartner:
     @pytest.mark.datafiles("./tests/test_data/test_data_adresse/test_data_adresse_only_required_fields.json")
-    def test_serializable(self, datafiles: LocalPath) -> None:
+    def test_serializable(self, datafiles: Path) -> None:
         with open(datafiles / "test_data_adresse_only_required_fields.json", encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
             address_test_data = json.load(json_file)