diff --git a/test/unit/test_serialize.py b/test/unit/test_serialize.py
index 98068c2ca..511048d80 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_serialize.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_serialize.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 # ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
 # language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 """Unit test suite for aws_encryption_sdk.internal.formatting.serialize"""
-import unittest
-
 import pytest
 from mock import MagicMock, patch, sentinel
 
@@ -51,8 +49,9 @@ def test_serialize_frame_invalid_sequence_number(sequence_number, error_message)
     excinfo.match(error_message)
 
 
-class TestSerialize(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
+class TestSerialize(object):
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def apply_fixtures(self):
         self.mock_algorithm = MagicMock()
         self.mock_algorithm.encryption_algorithm.block_size = VALUES["block_size"]
         self.mock_algorithm.algorithm_id = VALUES["algorithm_id"]
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.mock_signer = MagicMock()
         self.mock_signer.update.return_value = None
         self.mock_signer.finalize.return_value = VALUES["signature"]
-
-    def tearDown(self):
+        yield
+        # Run tearDown
         self.mock_serialize_acc_patcher.stop()
         self.mock_encrypt_patcher.stop()
         self.mock_valid_frame_length_patcher.stop()