diff --git a/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/prj.conf b/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/prj.conf
index 5e341d7d387..217560e6308 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/prj.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_ZTEST=y
+CONFIG_ZTEST_NEW_API=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL_TEST_NON_STATIC=y
diff --git a/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/src/main.c b/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/src/main.c
index 956af08dd44..2d5521d1417 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/drivers/pinctrl/nrf/src/main.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 PINCTRL_DT_DEV_CONFIG_DECLARE(TEST_DEVICE);
 static const struct pinctrl_dev_config *pcfg = PINCTRL_DT_DEV_CONFIG_GET(TEST_DEVICE);
 
-static void test_dt_extract(void)
+ZTEST(pinctrl_nrf, test_dt_extract)
 {
 	const struct pinctrl_state *scfg;
 
@@ -64,9 +64,4 @@ static void test_dt_extract(void)
 	zassert_equal(NRF_GET_PIN(scfg->pins[6]), 38U, NULL);
 }
 
-void test_main(void)
-{
-	ztest_test_suite(pinctrl_nrf,
-			 ztest_unit_test(test_dt_extract));
-	ztest_run_test_suite(pinctrl_nrf);
-}
+ZTEST_SUITE(pinctrl_nrf, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);