diff --git a/docs/caresresolver.rst b/docs/caresresolver.rst
index 4e0058eac..57caa7d19 100644
--- a/docs/caresresolver.rst
+++ b/docs/caresresolver.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ wrapper ``pycares``).
     the default for ``tornado.simple_httpclient``, but other libraries
     may default to ``AF_UNSPEC``.
 
+    This class requires ``pycares`` version 4. Since this class is deprecated, it will not be
+    updated to support ``pycares`` version 5.
+
     .. deprecated:: 6.2
        This class is deprecated and will be removed in Tornado 7.0. Use the default
        thread-based resolver instead.
diff --git a/tornado/test/httputil_test.py b/tornado/test/httputil_test.py
index ed06beaee..7fa528cdc 100644
--- a/tornado/test/httputil_test.py
+++ b/tornado/test/httputil_test.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def test_disposition_param_linear_performance(self):
         # to the content-disposition header, specifically for semicolons within
         # quoted strings.
         def f(n):
-            start = time.time()
+            start = time.perf_counter()
             message = (
                 b"--1234\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; "
                 + b'x="'
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def f(n):
             args: dict[str, list[bytes]] = {}
             files: dict[str, list[HTTPFile]] = {}
             parse_multipart_form_data(b"1234", message, args, files)
-            return time.time() - start
+            return time.perf_counter() - start
 
         d1 = f(1_000)
         d2 = f(10_000)
@@ -496,11 +496,11 @@ def test_invalid_header_names(self):
 
     def test_linear_performance(self):
         def f(n):
-            start = time.time()
+            start = time.perf_counter()
             headers = HTTPHeaders()
             for i in range(n):
                 headers.add("X-Foo", "bar")
-            return time.time() - start
+            return time.perf_counter() - start
 
         # This runs under 50ms on my laptop as of 2025-12-09.
         d1 = f(10_000)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 88e8eb9df..db0a4b604 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ basepython =
 deps =
      full: pycurl
      full: twisted
-     full: pycares
+     # Pycares 5 has some backwards-incompatible changes that we don't support.
+     # And since CaresResolver is deprecated, I do not expect to fix it, so just
+     # pin the previous version. (This should really be in requirements.{in,txt} instead)
+     full: pycares<5
      docs: -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
      lint: -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt