diff --git a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/prj.conf b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/prj.conf
index 43f8d28ad1e..57c597956a4 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/prj.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_OFFLOAD=y
 CONFIG_EVENTS=y
+CONFIG_ZTEST_NEW_API=y
diff --git a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/main.c
index da8979a3e5c..e6bb480e8e9 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/main.c
@@ -24,17 +24,5 @@
 
 #include <ztest.h>
 
-extern void test_k_event_init(void);
-extern void test_event_deliver(void);
-extern void test_event_receive(void);
-
-/*test case main entry*/
-
-void test_main(void)
-{
-	ztest_test_suite(events_api,
-			 ztest_1cpu_unit_test(test_k_event_init),
-			 ztest_1cpu_unit_test(test_event_deliver),
-			 ztest_1cpu_unit_test(test_event_receive));
-	ztest_run_test_suite(events_api);
-}
+ZTEST_SUITE(events_api, NULL, NULL,
+		ztest_simple_1cpu_before, ztest_simple_1cpu_after, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/test_event_apis.c b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/test_event_apis.c
index 25dba85277d..42997483735 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/test_event_apis.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/events/event_api/src/test_event_apis.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void entry_extra2(void *p1, void *p2, void *p3)
  * the fields of a k_event structure as expected.
  */
 
-void test_k_event_init(void)
+ZTEST(events_api, test_k_event_init)
 {
 	static struct k_event  event;
 	struct k_thread *thread;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void test_wake_multiple_threads(void)
  * involve waking or receiving events.
  */
 
-void test_event_deliver(void)
+ZTEST(events_api, test_event_deliver)
 {
 	static struct k_event  event;
 	uint32_t  events;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void test_event_deliver(void)
  *   k_event_post(), k_event_set(), k_event_wait() and k_event_wait_all().
  */
 
-void test_event_receive(void)
+ZTEST(events_api, test_event_receive)
 {
 
 	/* Create helper threads */