diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
index fb6e60e5be..2314510731 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
-import select
+import selectors
 import threading
 import time
 from contextlib import closing, contextmanager
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+select = selectors.DefaultSelector
+
 
 # Unfortunately, it is not possible to extend the Odoo
 # server command line arguments, so we resort to environment variables
@@ -485,10 +487,16 @@ def wait_notification(self):
         # probably a bug
         _logger.debug("select() timeout: %.2f sec", timeout)
         if timeout > 0:
-            conns, _, _ = select.select(conns, [], [], timeout)
             if conns and not self._stop:
-                for conn in conns:
-                    conn.poll()
+                with select() as sel:
+                    for conn in conns:
+                        sel.register(conn, selectors.EVENT_READ)
+                    events = sel.select(timeout=timeout)
+                    for key, _mask in events:
+                        if key.fileobj == self._stop_pipe[0]:
+                            # stop-pipe is not a conn so doesn't need poll()
+                            continue
+                        key.fileobj.poll()
 
     def stop(self):
         _logger.info("graceful stop requested")