diff --git a/playwright/_impl/_sync_base.py b/playwright/_impl/_sync_base.py
index a24e95b14..3b8e99af6 100644
--- a/playwright/_impl/_sync_base.py
+++ b/playwright/_impl/_sync_base.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_val: Any, exc_tb: Any) -> None:
 class SyncBase(ImplWrapper):
     def __init__(self, impl_obj: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(impl_obj)
-        self._loop: asyncio.BaseEventLoop = impl_obj._loop
+        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = impl_obj._loop
         self._dispatcher_fiber = impl_obj._dispatcher_fiber
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
diff --git a/playwright/async_api/_context_manager.py b/playwright/async_api/_context_manager.py
index 7e9cae8db..1f60509b5 100644
--- a/playwright/async_api/_context_manager.py
+++ b/playwright/async_api/_context_manager.py
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._connection: Connection
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> AsyncPlaywright:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         self._connection = Connection(
             None,
             create_remote_object,
-            PipeTransport(asyncio.get_event_loop(), compute_driver_executable()),
+            PipeTransport(loop, compute_driver_executable()),
         )
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         self._connection._loop = loop
         loop.create_task(self._connection.run())
-        playwright_future = asyncio.create_task(
+        playwright_future = loop.create_task(
             self._connection.wait_for_object_with_known_name("Playwright")
         )
         done, pending = await asyncio.wait(