diff --git a/test/test_network.py b/test/test_network.py
index 3a59a597..c5a1dcbb 100644
--- a/test/test_network.py
+++ b/test/test_network.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
-import unittest
 import threading
+import time
+import unittest
 
 import canopen
 import can
@@ -231,59 +232,58 @@ def test_network_send_periodic(self):
         DATA1 = bytes([1, 2, 3])
         DATA2 = bytes([4, 5, 6])
         COB_ID = 0x123
-        PERIOD = 0.1
+        PERIOD = 0.01
         TIMEOUT = PERIOD * 10
-        self.network.connect(interface="virtual", receive_own_messages=True)
+        self.network.connect(interface="virtual")
         self.addCleanup(self.network.disconnect)
 
-        acc = []
-        condition = threading.Condition()
-
-        def hook(_, data, ts):
-            with condition:
-                item = data, ts
-                acc.append(item)
-                condition.notify_all()
+        bus = can.Bus(interface="virtual")
+        self.addCleanup(bus.shutdown)
 
-        self.network.subscribe(COB_ID, hook)
-        self.addCleanup(self.network.unsubscribe, COB_ID)
+        acc = []
 
         task = self.network.send_periodic(COB_ID, DATA1, PERIOD)
         self.addCleanup(task.stop)
 
-        def periodicity():
+        def wait_for_periodicity():
             # Check if periodicity is established; flakiness has been observed
             # on macOS.
-            if len(acc) >= 2:
-                delta = acc[-1][1] - acc[-2][1]
-                return round(delta, ndigits=1) == PERIOD
-            return False
+            end_time = time.time() + TIMEOUT
+            while True:
+                if time.time() >= end_time:
+                    break
+                if msg := bus.recv(PERIOD):
+                    acc.append(msg)
+                if len(acc) >= 2:
+                    first, last = acc[-2:]
+                    delta = last.timestamp - first.timestamp
+                    return round(delta, ndigits=2) == PERIOD
+            self.fail("Timed out")
 
         # Wait for frames to arrive; then check the result.
-        with condition:
-            condition.wait_for(periodicity, TIMEOUT)
-        self.assertTrue(all(v[0] == DATA1 for v in acc))
+        wait_for_periodicity()
+        self.assertTrue(all([v.data == DATA1 for v in acc]))
 
         # Update task data, which may implicitly restart the timer.
         # Wait for frames to arrive; then check the result.
         task.update(DATA2)
-        with condition:
-            acc.clear()
-            condition.wait_for(periodicity, TIMEOUT)
+        acc.clear()
+        wait_for_periodicity()
         # Find the first message with new data, and verify that all subsequent
         # messages also carry the new payload.
-        data = [v[0] for v in acc]
+        data = [v.data for v in acc]
+        self.assertIn(DATA2, data)
         idx = data.index(DATA2)
-        self.assertTrue(all(v[0] == DATA2 for v in acc[idx:]))
+        self.assertTrue(all([v.data == DATA2 for v in acc[idx:]]))
 
         # Stop the task.
         task.stop()
         # A message may have been in flight when we stopped the timer,
         # so allow a single failure.
         bus = self.network.bus
-        msg = bus.recv(TIMEOUT)
+        msg = bus.recv(PERIOD)
         if msg is not None:
-            self.assertIsNone(bus.recv(TIMEOUT))
+            self.assertIsNone(bus.recv(PERIOD))
 
 
 class TestScanner(unittest.TestCase):