diff --git a/test/cmp_client_test.c b/test/cmp_client_test.c
index 9fb3050ac0..111a4c27f4 100644
--- a/test/cmp_client_test.c
+++ b/test/cmp_client_test.c
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ int setup_tests(void)
     if (!test_get_libctx(&libctx, &default_null_provider, &provider, 5, USAGE))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!TEST_ptr(server_key = load_pem_key(server_key_f))
+    if (!TEST_ptr(server_key = load_pem_key(server_key_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_ptr(server_cert = load_pem_cert(server_cert_f, libctx))
-            || !TEST_ptr(client_key = load_pem_key(client_key_f))
+            || !TEST_ptr(client_key = load_pem_key(client_key_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_ptr(client_cert = load_pem_cert(client_cert_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_int_eq(1, RAND_bytes_ex(libctx, ref, sizeof(ref)))) {
         cleanup_tests();
diff --git a/test/cmp_msg_test.c b/test/cmp_msg_test.c
index b9309a6983..a56f04f1df 100644
--- a/test/cmp_msg_test.c
+++ b/test/cmp_msg_test.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ int setup_tests(void)
     if (!test_get_libctx(&libctx, &default_null_provider, &provider, 3, USAGE))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!TEST_ptr(newkey = load_pem_key(newkey_f))
+    if (!TEST_ptr(newkey = load_pem_key(newkey_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_ptr(cert = load_pem_cert(server_cert_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_int_eq(1, RAND_bytes_ex(libctx, ref, sizeof(ref)))) {
         cleanup_tests();
diff --git a/test/cmp_protect_test.c b/test/cmp_protect_test.c
index 6413c20a23..66cc6af370 100644
--- a/test/cmp_protect_test.c
+++ b/test/cmp_protect_test.c
@@ -521,11 +521,11 @@ int setup_tests(void)
     if (!test_get_libctx(&libctx, &default_null_provider, &provider, 10, USAGE))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!TEST_ptr(loadedkey = load_pem_key(server_key_f))
+    if (!TEST_ptr(loadedkey = load_pem_key(server_key_f, libctx))
             || !TEST_ptr(cert = load_pem_cert(server_cert_f, libctx)))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!TEST_ptr(loadedprivkey = load_pem_key(server_f)))
+    if (!TEST_ptr(loadedprivkey = load_pem_key(server_f, libctx)))
         return 0;
     if (TEST_true(EVP_PKEY_up_ref(loadedprivkey)))
         loadedpubkey = loadedprivkey;
diff --git a/test/cmp_testlib.c b/test/cmp_testlib.c
index ffa43cd81c..754a6ba845 100644
--- a/test/cmp_testlib.c
+++ b/test/cmp_testlib.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 DEFINE_STACK_OF(X509)
 
-EVP_PKEY *load_pem_key(const char *file)
+EVP_PKEY *load_pem_key(const char *file, OPENSSL_CTX *libctx)
 {
     EVP_PKEY *key = NULL;
     BIO *bio = NULL;
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ EVP_PKEY *load_pem_key(const char *file)
     if (!TEST_ptr(bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_file())))
         return NULL;
     if (TEST_int_gt(BIO_read_filename(bio, file), 0))
-        (void)TEST_ptr(key = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(bio, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+        (void)TEST_ptr(key = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey_ex(bio, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+                                                        libctx, NULL));
 
     BIO_free(bio);
     return key;
diff --git a/test/cmp_testlib.h b/test/cmp_testlib.h
index e24074cdd7..e8ae7a1834 100644
--- a/test/cmp_testlib.h
+++ b/test/cmp_testlib.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # ifndef OPENSSL_NO_CMP
 #  define CMP_TEST_REFVALUE_LENGTH 15 /* arbitrary value */
-EVP_PKEY *load_pem_key(const char *file);
+EVP_PKEY *load_pem_key(const char *file, OPENSSL_CTX *libctx);
 X509 *load_pem_cert(const char *file, OPENSSL_CTX *libctx);
 X509_REQ *load_csr(const char *file);
 OSSL_CMP_MSG *load_pkimsg(const char *file);