diff --git a/tests/feature_tests/pyproject.toml b/tests/feature_tests/pyproject.toml
index 23ff0e0a6b..3bc4eb0af1 100644
--- a/tests/feature_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/feature_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "gevent==24.2.1",
     "pymongo==4.8.0",
     "requests==2.32.3",
-    "sseclient==0.0.27",
+    "requests-sse==0.3.2",
 ]
 optional-dependencies.dev = [
     "coverage==7.6.0",
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module = [
     "behave",
     "behave.model",
     "behave.runner",
-    "sseclient",
+    "requests_sse",
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
diff --git a/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index bc10708dfe..2e797e1850 100644
--- a/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -522,17 +522,17 @@ requests==2.32.3 \
     --hash=sha256:70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6
     # via
     #   feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
-    #   sseclient
+    #   requests-sse
+requests-sse==0.3.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:3e17bd324e500c9b11c7c23dd00af3f0222070328134bda67a8917985cfc4127 \
+    --hash=sha256:c3399b689f6e7bf0eac7c2031211d66ffbb3ab77afc6c9226a71c73c06609f61
+    # via feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
 six==1.16.0 \
     --hash=sha256:1e61c37477a1626458e36f7b1d82aa5c9b094fa4802892072e49de9c60c4c926 \
     --hash=sha256:8abb2f1d86890a2dfb989f9a77cfcfd3e47c2a354b01111771326f8aa26e0254
     # via
     #   behave
     #   parse-type
-    #   sseclient
-sseclient==0.0.27 \
-    --hash=sha256:b2fe534dcb33b1d3faad13d60c5a7c718e28f85987f2a034ecf5ec279918c11c
-    # via feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
 types-requests==2.32.0.20240622 \
     --hash=sha256:97bac6b54b5bd4cf91d407e62f0932a74821bc2211f22116d9ee1dd643826caf \
     --hash=sha256:ed5e8a412fcc39159d6319385c009d642845f250c63902718f605cd90faade31
diff --git a/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements.txt b/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements.txt
index 02e9860e90..4e55d140e4 100644
--- a/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/feature_tests/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -286,17 +286,17 @@ requests==2.32.3 \
     --hash=sha256:70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6
     # via
     #   feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
-    #   sseclient
+    #   requests-sse
+requests-sse==0.3.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:3e17bd324e500c9b11c7c23dd00af3f0222070328134bda67a8917985cfc4127 \
+    --hash=sha256:c3399b689f6e7bf0eac7c2031211d66ffbb3ab77afc6c9226a71c73c06609f61
+    # via feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
 six==1.16.0 \
     --hash=sha256:1e61c37477a1626458e36f7b1d82aa5c9b094fa4802892072e49de9c60c4c926 \
     --hash=sha256:8abb2f1d86890a2dfb989f9a77cfcfd3e47c2a354b01111771326f8aa26e0254
     # via
     #   behave
     #   parse-type
-    #   sseclient
-sseclient==0.0.27 \
-    --hash=sha256:b2fe534dcb33b1d3faad13d60c5a7c718e28f85987f2a034ecf5ec279918c11c
-    # via feature-tests (pyproject.toml)
 typing-extensions==4.12.2 \
     --hash=sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d \
     --hash=sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8
diff --git a/tests/feature_tests/src/steps/measurement.py b/tests/feature_tests/src/steps/measurement.py
index 8dc878a06a..f009229d64 100644
--- a/tests/feature_tests/src/steps/measurement.py
+++ b/tests/feature_tests/src/steps/measurement.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from asserts import assert_equal, assert_in
 from behave import given, then, when
 from behave.runner import Context
-from sseclient import SSEClient
+from requests_sse import EventSource
 
 
 def create_measurement(  # noqa: PLR0913
@@ -91,14 +91,15 @@ def set_entity_attribute(context: Context, attribute: str, key: str, value: str)
 def connect_to_nr_of_measurements_stream(context: Context, stream: str) -> None:
     """Get the number of measurements server-sent-events."""
     context.sse_messages = []
-    for message in SSEClient(f"{context.base_api_url}/nr_measurements"):  # pragma: no feature-test-cover
-        context.sse_messages.append(message)
-        if message.event == "init":
-            continue  # get the init and the flush message
-        if stream == "stream":
-            break
-        context.execute_steps('when the collector measures "42"')
-        stream = "stream"
+    with EventSource(f"{context.base_api_url}/nr_measurements") as event_source:
+        for message in event_source:  # pragma: no feature-test-cover
+            context.sse_messages.append(message)
+            if message.type == "init":
+                continue  # get the init and the flush message
+            if stream == "stream":
+                break
+            context.execute_steps('when the collector measures "42"')
+            stream = "stream"
 
 
 @then("the metric {has_or_had} one measurement")
@@ -118,12 +119,12 @@ def check_nr_of_measurements(context: Context, has_or_had: str, count: str = "on
 def check_nr_of_measurements_stream(context: Context, message_type: str) -> None:
     """Check the server-sent events."""
     if message_type == "init":
-        assert_equal("init", context.sse_messages[0].event)
-        assert_equal("0", context.sse_messages[0].id)
-        assert_equal("flush", context.sse_messages[1].event)
-        assert_equal("1", context.sse_messages[1].id)
+        assert_equal("init", context.sse_messages[0].type)
+        assert_equal("0", context.sse_messages[0].last_event_id)
+        assert_equal("flush", context.sse_messages[1].type)
+        assert_equal("1", context.sse_messages[1].last_event_id)
     else:
-        messages = [message for message in context.sse_messages if message.event != "flush"]
+        messages = [message for message in context.sse_messages if message.type != "flush"]
         assert_equal(int(messages[-2].data) + 1, int(messages[-1].data))