diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_retryable_reads.py b/test/asynchronous/test_retryable_reads.py
index f649f7d6f7..d576f8987e 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/test_retryable_reads.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_retryable_reads.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from test.utils import (
     CMAPListener,
     OvertCommandListener,
-    set_fail_point,
+    async_set_fail_point,
 )
 
 from pymongo.monitoring import (
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ async def test_retryable_reads_in_sharded_cluster_multiple_available(self):
 
         for mongos in async_client_context.mongos_seeds().split(","):
             client = await self.async_rs_or_single_client(mongos)
-            set_fail_point(client, fail_command)
+            await async_set_fail_point(client, fail_command)
             self.addAsyncCleanup(client.close)
             mongos_clients.append(client)
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ async def test_retryable_reads_in_sharded_cluster_multiple_available(self):
         # Disable failpoints on each mongos
         for client in mongos_clients:
             fail_command["mode"] = "off"
-            set_fail_point(client, fail_command)
+            await async_set_fail_point(client, fail_command)
 
         self.assertEqual(len(listener.failed_events), 2)
         self.assertEqual(len(listener.succeeded_events), 0)
diff --git a/test/utils.py b/test/utils.py
index 6eefd1c7ea..9615034899 100644
--- a/test/utils.py
+++ b/test/utils.py
@@ -1157,3 +1157,9 @@ def set_fail_point(client, command_args):
     cmd = SON([("configureFailPoint", "failCommand")])
     cmd.update(command_args)
     client.admin.command(cmd)
+
+
+async def async_set_fail_point(client, command_args):
+    cmd = SON([("configureFailPoint", "failCommand")])
+    cmd.update(command_args)
+    await client.admin.command(cmd)
diff --git a/tools/synchro.py b/tools/synchro.py
index 34de110358..f754b5ecc7 100644
--- a/tools/synchro.py
+++ b/tools/synchro.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     "PyMongo|async": "PyMongo",
     "AsyncTestGridFile": "TestGridFile",
     "AsyncTestGridFileNoConnect": "TestGridFileNoConnect",
+    "async_set_fail_point": "set_fail_point",
 }
 
 docstring_replacements: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {