diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index bad18f1..d4b08e5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+import sphinx
+
 pytest_plugins = 'sphinx.testing.fixtures'
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def rootdir():
+    if sphinx.version_info[:2] < (7, 2):
+        from sphinx.testing.path import path
+
+        return path(__file__).parent.abspath() / 'roots'
+
     return Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'roots'
diff --git a/tests/test_htmlhelp.py b/tests/test_htmlhelp.py
index c00a476..f0d74b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_htmlhelp.py
+++ b/tests/test_htmlhelp.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Test the HTML Help builder and check output against XPath."""
 
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from html5lib import HTMLParser
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ def test_chm(app):
 
     # check .hhk file
     outname = app.builder.config.htmlhelp_basename
-    hhk_path = (app.outdir / outname).with_suffix('.hhk')
+    hhk_path = Path(app.outdir / outname).with_suffix('.hhk')
     data = hhk_path.read_bytes()
     m = re.search(br'&#[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+;', data)
     assert m is None, 'Hex escaping exists in .hhk file: ' + str(m.group(0))