diff --git a/tests/shared/test_sse.py b/tests/shared/test_sse.py
index 03396f6..30c15ac 100644
--- a/tests/shared/test_sse.py
+++ b/tests/shared/test_sse.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ async def handle_call_tool(name: str, args: dict):
 
 
 # Test fixtures
-@pytest.fixture
-async def server_app()-> Starlette:
+def make_server_app()-> Starlette:
     """Create test Starlette app with SSE transport"""
     sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
     server = TestServer()
@@ -93,43 +92,46 @@ def space_around_test():
     yield
     time.sleep(0.1)
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def server(server_app: Starlette, server_port: int):
-    proc = multiprocessing.Process(target=uvicorn.run, daemon=True, kwargs={
-        "app": server_app,
-        "host": "127.0.0.1",
-        "port": server_port,
-        "log_level": "error"
-    })
+def run_server(server_port: int):
+    app = make_server_app()
+    server = uvicorn.Server(config=uvicorn.Config(app=app, host="127.0.0.1", port=server_port, log_level="error"))
     print(f'starting server on {server_port}')
-    proc.start()
+    server.run()
 
     # Give server time to start
     while not server.started:
         print('waiting for server to start')
         time.sleep(0.5)
 
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        print('killing server')
-        # Signal the server to stop
-        server.should_exit = True
-
-        # Force close the server's main socket
-        if hasattr(server.servers, "servers"):
-            for s in server.servers:
-                print(f'closing {s}')
-                s.close()
-
-        # Wait for thread to finish
-        proc.terminate()
-        proc.join(timeout=2)
-        if proc.is_alive():
-            print("Warning: Server thread did not exit cleanly")
-            # Optionally, you could add more aggressive cleanup here
-            import _thread
-            _thread.interrupt_main()
+@pytest.fixture()
+def server(server_port: int):
+    proc = multiprocessing.Process(target=run_server, kwargs={"server_port": server_port}, daemon=True)
+    print('starting process')
+    proc.start()
+
+    # Wait for server to be running
+    max_attempts = 20
+    attempt = 0
+    print('waiting for server to start')
+    while attempt < max_attempts:
+        try:
+            with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', server_port))
+                break
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+            attempt += 1
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("Server failed to start after {} attempts".format(max_attempts))
+
+    yield
+
+    print('killing server')
+    # Signal the server to stop
+    proc.kill()
+    proc.join(timeout=2)
+    if proc.is_alive():
+        print("server process failed to terminate")
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 async def http_client(server, server_url) -> AsyncGenerator[httpx.AsyncClient, None]: