diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
index d4e516acc..8b73f6385 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
@@ -171,9 +171,8 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'serialize' => 'invalid_serializer'
 		);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'CacheException', 'invalid_serializer is not a valid serializer engine for Memcached'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('CacheException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('invalid_serializer is not a valid serializer engine for Memcached');
 		$Memcached->init($settings);
 	}
 
@@ -283,9 +282,8 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'serialize' => 'json'
 		);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'CacheException', 'Memcached extension is not compiled with json support'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('CacheException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('Memcached extension is not compiled with json support');
 		$Memcached->init($settings);
 	}
 
@@ -308,9 +306,8 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'serialize' => 'msgpack'
 		);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'CacheException', 'msgpack is not a valid serializer engine for Memcached'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('CacheException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('msgpack is not a valid serializer engine for Memcached');
 		$Memcached->init($settings);
 	}
 
@@ -333,9 +330,8 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'serialize' => 'igbinary'
 		);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'CacheException', 'Memcached extension is not compiled with igbinary support'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('CacheException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('Memcached extension is not compiled with igbinary support');
 		$Memcached->init($settings);
 	}
 
@@ -356,7 +352,7 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'password' => 'password'
 		);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('PHPUnit_Framework_Error_Warning');
+		$this->expectWarning();
 		$Memcached->init($settings);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Acl/PhpAclTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Acl/PhpAclTest.php
index 3aa7b3383..8080a62c3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Acl/PhpAclTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Acl/PhpAclTest.php
@@ -283,19 +283,15 @@ class PhpAclTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testInvalidConfigWithAroMissing() {
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'AclException',
-			'"roles" section not found in configuration'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('AclException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('"roles" section not found in configuration');
 		$config = array('aco' => array('allow' => array('foo' => '')));
 		$this->PhpAcl->build($config);
 	}
 
 	public function testInvalidConfigWithAcosMissing() {
-		$this->setExpectedException(
-			'AclException',
-			'Neither "allow" nor "deny" rules were provided in configuration.'
-		);
+		$this->expectException('AclException');
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('Neither "allow" nor "deny" rules were provided in configuration.');
 
 		$config = array(
 			'roles' => array('Role/foo' => null),
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
index da750cac6..6324d381f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ XML;
 			$this->assertEquals(array('Allow' => 'POST, DELETE'), $e->responseHeader());
 		}
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('MethodNotAllowedException');
+		$this->expectException('MethodNotAllowedException');
 		$request->allowMethod('POST');
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
index 5783f9a10..4661a358f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->CakeEmail->from());
 		$this->assertSame($this->CakeEmail, $result);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->from(array('cake@cakephp.org' => 'CakePHP', 'fail@cakephp.org' => 'From can only be one address'));
 	}
 
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->CakeEmail->attachments());
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->attachments(array(array('nofile' => CAKE . 'basics.php', 'mimetype' => 'text/plain')));
 	}
 
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->CakeEmail->transportClass();
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('DebugTransport', $result);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Invalid');
 		$this->CakeEmail->transportClass();
 	}
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testExtendTransport() {
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Extend');
 		$this->CakeEmail->transportClass();
 	}
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
 		$this->CakeEmail->subject('My title');
 		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->send("Forgot to set From");
 	}
 
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
 		$this->CakeEmail->subject('My title');
 		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->send("Forgot to set To");
 	}
 
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertStringContainsString('Here is your value: 12345', $result['message']);
 		$this->assertStringContainsString('This email was sent using the TestPlugin.', $result['message']);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('MissingViewException');
+		$this->expectException('MissingViewException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->template('test_plugin_tpl', 'plug_default')->send();
 	}
 
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->CakeEmail->emailFormat();
 		$this->assertEquals('html', $result);
 
-		$this->setExpectedException('SocketException');
+		$this->expectException('SocketException');
 		$this->CakeEmail->emailFormat('invalid');
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index 5a9605ce2..66aed5585 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -1842,9 +1842,11 @@ TEXT;
 
 	protected function _checkException($message) {
 		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4', '>=')) {
-			$this->setExpectedException('Error', $message);
+			$this->expectException(Error::class);
+			$this->expectExceptionMessage($message);
 		} else {
-			$this->setExpectedException('PHPUnit_Framework_Error', $message);
+			$this->expectError();
+			$this->expectErrorMessage($message);
 		}
 	}
 }