diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d105f6559e..c5f7d93537 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pynndescent>=0.5.13",
     "scikit-learn>=1.6",
     "scipy>=1.13",
+    "scverse-misc>=0.0.5",
     "seaborn>=0.13.2",
     "session-info2",
     "statsmodels>=0.14.5",
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ lint.pylint.max-positional-args = 5
 "scipy.sparse.sparray".msg = "Use _compat.SpBase instead"
 "scipy.sparse.spmatrix".msg = "Use _compat.SpBase instead"
 "warnings.warn".msg = "Use `scanpy._compat.warn` instead"
+"warnings.deprecated".msg = "Use `scverse_misc.deprecated` instead"
 
 [tool.pyproject-fmt]
 indent = 4
diff --git a/src/scanpy/_compat.py b/src/scanpy/_compat.py
index 31cdd1757a..1c91dca2c8 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/_compat.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/_compat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 import warnings
 from functools import cache, partial
 from importlib.util import find_spec
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
     "CSRBase",
     "DaskArray",
     "SpBase",
-    "deprecated",
     "fullname",
     "old_positionals",
     "pkg_metadata",
@@ -89,18 +87,6 @@ def pkg_version(package: str) -> Version:
 )
 
 
-# we’re not using _FILE_PREFIXES here,
-# since a wholesale deprecated function shouldn’t be used internally anyway
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from warnings import deprecated
-else:
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
-        from warnings import deprecated as _deprecated
-    else:
-        from typing_extensions import deprecated as _deprecated
-    deprecated = partial(_deprecated, category=FutureWarning)
-
-
 def warn(
     message: str,
     category: type[Warning],
diff --git a/src/scanpy/_settings/__init__.py b/src/scanpy/_settings/__init__.py
index 2c43b2d74c..30b8a61aed 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/_settings/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/_settings/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 from time import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, get_args
 
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
+
 from .. import logging
-from .._compat import deprecated, old_positionals
+from .._compat import old_positionals
 from .._singleton import SingletonMeta, documenting
 from ..logging import _RootLogger, _set_log_file, _set_log_level
 from .verbosity import Verbosity
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ def categories_to_ignore(cls, categories_to_ignore: Iterable[str]) -> None:
     # Functions
     # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    @deprecated("Use `scanpy.set_figure_params` instead")
+    @deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.3", "Use :func:`scanpy.set_figure_params` instead"))
     def set_figure_params(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         cls._set_figure_params(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/src/scanpy/_settings/verbosity.py b/src/scanpy/_settings/verbosity.py
index c74c19f141..109dc7bd93 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/_settings/verbosity.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/_settings/verbosity.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from logging import getLevelNamesMapping
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from .._compat import deprecated
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Generator
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 class VerbosityMeta(EnumMeta):
     @property
-    @deprecated("Use `Verbosity.warning` instead")
+    @deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.3", "Use :attr:`~scanpy.Verbosity.warning` instead"))
     def warn(cls) -> Verbosity:
         return Verbosity.warning
 
diff --git a/src/scanpy/datasets/_datasets.py b/src/scanpy/datasets/_datasets.py
index 36b85df1e8..81efe42ede 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/datasets/_datasets.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/datasets/_datasets.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from anndata import AnnData, OldFormatWarning
 from packaging.version import Version
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 from .. import _utils
-from .._compat import deprecated, old_positionals, pkg_version
+from .._compat import old_positionals, pkg_version
 from .._settings import settings
 from .._utils._doctests import doctest_internet, doctest_needs, doctest_skipif
-from ..readwrite import read, read_h5ad, read_visium
+from ..readwrite import read, read_h5ad
 from ._utils import check_datasetdir_exists
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ def _download_visium_dataset(
     return sample_dir
 
 
-@deprecated("Use `squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.0", "Use :func:`squidpy.datasets.visium` instead."))
 @_doctest_skipif_old_anndata
 @doctest_internet
 @check_datasetdir_exists
@@ -543,9 +544,6 @@ def visium_sge(
 ) -> AnnData:
     """Processed Visium Spatial Gene Expression data from 10x Genomics’ database.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.11.0
-       Use :func:`squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.
-
     The database_ can be browsed online to find the ``sample_id`` you want.
 
     .. _database: https://support.10xgenomics.com/spatial-gene-expression/datasets
@@ -566,7 +564,7 @@ def visium_sge(
     --------
     >>> import scanpy as sc
     >>> sc.datasets.visium_sge(sample_id="V1_Breast_Cancer_Block_A_Section_1")
-    FutureWarning: Use `squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.
+    FutureWarning: The function visium_sge is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use :func:`squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.
         sc.datasets.visium_sge(sample_id="V1_Breast_Cancer_Block_A_Section_1")
     UserWarning: Variable names are not unique. To make them unique, call `.var_names_make_unique`.
         ...
@@ -578,6 +576,8 @@ def visium_sge(
         layers: None
 
     """  # noqa: D401
+    from ..readwrite import read_visium
+
     spaceranger_version = "1.1.0" if "V1_" in sample_id else "1.2.0"
     sample_dir = _download_visium_dataset(
         sample_id, spaceranger_version, download_image=include_hires_tiff
diff --git a/src/scanpy/external/pl.py b/src/scanpy/external/pl.py
index 73d63a2bff..398594cda1 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/external/pl.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/external/pl.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
-from .._compat import deprecated, old_positionals
+from .._compat import old_positionals
 from .._utils import _doc_params
 from .._utils._doctests import doctest_needs
-from ..plotting import _scrublet, _utils, embedding
+from ..plotting import _utils, embedding
 from ..plotting._docs import (
     doc_adata_color_etc,
     doc_edges_arrows,
@@ -357,6 +358,8 @@ def wishbone_marker_trajectory(  # noqa: PLR0913
     return ax
 
 
-scrublet_score_distribution = deprecated("Import from sc.pl instead")(
-    _scrublet.scrublet_score_distribution
-)
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.10.0", "Import from sc.pl instead."))
+def scrublet_score_distribution(*args, **kwargs):  # pragma: no cover
+    from ..plotting._scrublet import scrublet_score_distribution
+
+    return scrublet_score_distribution(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/scanpy/external/pp/__init__.py b/src/scanpy/external/pp/__init__.py
index a8b09f725d..a58fa577ea 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/external/pp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/external/pp/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from ..._compat import deprecated
-from ...preprocessing import _scrublet
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
+
 from ._bbknn import bbknn
 from ._dca import dca
 from ._harmony_integrate import harmony_integrate
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 from ._mnn_correct import mnn_correct
 from ._scanorama_integrate import scanorama_integrate
 
-scrublet = deprecated("Import from sc.pp instead")(_scrublet.scrublet)
-scrublet_simulate_doublets = deprecated("Import from sc.pp instead")(
-    _scrublet.scrublet_simulate_doublets
-)
-
 __all__ = [
     "bbknn",
     "dca",
@@ -26,3 +21,17 @@
     "mnn_correct",
     "scanorama_integrate",
 ]
+
+
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.10.0", "Import from sc.pp instead."))
+def scrublet(*args, **kwargs):
+    from ...preprocessing import scrublet
+
+    return scrublet(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.10.0", "Import from sc.pp instead."))
+def scrublet_simulate_doublets(*args, **kwargs):
+    from ...preprocessing import scrublet_simulate_doublets
+
+    return scrublet_simulate_doublets(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/scanpy/logging.py b/src/scanpy/logging.py
index 6086b19b82..383160396a 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/logging.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/logging.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, overload
 
 import anndata.logging
-
-from ._compat import deprecated
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import IO
@@ -158,14 +157,9 @@ def print_header(*, file: IO[str] | None = None):
     return sinfo
 
 
-@deprecated("Use `print_header` instead")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.0", "Use :func:`print_header` instead."))
 def print_versions() -> SessionInfo:
-    """Alias for `print_header`.
-
-    .. deprecated:: 1.11.0
-
-       Use :func:`print_header` instead.
-    """
+    """Alias for `print_header`."""
     return print_header()
 
 
diff --git a/src/scanpy/plotting/__init__.py b/src/scanpy/plotting/__init__.py
index d9cf162abf..4f3d79024f 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/plotting/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/plotting/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from .._compat import deprecated
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
+
 from . import palettes
 from ._anndata import (
     clustermap,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
     tsne,
     umap,
 )
-from ._utils import matrix, timeseries, timeseries_as_heatmap, timeseries_subplot
+from ._utils import matrix
 
 __all__ = [
     "DotPlot",
@@ -107,6 +108,23 @@
     "violin",
 ]
 
-timeseries = deprecated("Use `dpt_timeseries`.")(timeseries)
-timeseries_as_heatmap = deprecated("Use `dpt_timeseries`.")(timeseries_as_heatmap)
-timeseries_subplot = deprecated("Use `dpt_timeseries`.")(timeseries_subplot)
+
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.5", "Use :func:`scanpy.pl.dpt_timeseries` instead."))
+def timeseries(*args, **kwargs):
+    from ._utils import timeseries
+
+    return timeseries(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.5", "Use :func:`scanpy.pl.dpt_timeseries` instead."))
+def timeseries_as_heatmap(*args, **kwargs):
+    from ._utils import timeseries_as_heatmap
+
+    return timeseries_as_heatmap(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.5", "Use :func:`scanpy.pl.dpt_timeseries` instead."))
+def timeseries_subplot(*args, **kwargs):
+    from ._utils import timeseries_subplot
+
+    return timeseries_subplot(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/scanpy/plotting/_preprocessing.py b/src/scanpy/plotting/_preprocessing.py
index 15055a0184..d59a236ba3 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/plotting/_preprocessing.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/plotting/_preprocessing.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 from anndata import AnnData
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib import rcParams
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
-from .._compat import deprecated, old_positionals
+from .._compat import old_positionals
 from .._settings import settings
 from ._utils import savefig_or_show
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ def highly_variable_genes(  # noqa: PLR0912
 
 
 # backwards compat
-@deprecated("Use sc.pl.highly_variable_genes instead")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.3.6", "Use sc.pl.highly_variable_genes instead"))
 @old_positionals("log", "show", "save")
 def filter_genes_dispersion(
     result: np.recarray,
diff --git a/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/scatterplots.py b/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/scatterplots.py
index 7b1efaba22..6c9812de51 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/scatterplots.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/scatterplots.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
 from matplotlib.markers import MarkerStyle
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 from ... import logging as logg
-from ..._compat import deprecated
 from ..._settings import settings
 from ..._utils import _doc_params, _empty, sanitize_anndata
 from ..._utils._doctests import doctest_internet
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ def pca(
     return axs
 
 
-@deprecated("Use `squidpy.pl.spatial_scatter` instead.")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.0", "Use :func:`squidpy.pl.spatial_scatter` instead."))
 @doctest_internet
 @_wraps_plot_scatter
 @_doc_params(
@@ -975,9 +975,6 @@ def spatial(  # noqa: PLR0913
 ) -> Figure | Axes | list[Axes] | None:
     """Scatter plot in spatial coordinates.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.11.0
-       Use :func:`squidpy.pl.spatial_scatter` instead.
-
     This function allows overlaying data on top of images.
     Use the parameter `img_key` to see the image in the background
     And the parameter `library_id` to select the image.
@@ -1017,11 +1014,11 @@ def spatial(  # noqa: PLR0913
 
     >>> import scanpy as sc
     >>> adata = sc.datasets.visium_sge("Targeted_Visium_Human_Glioblastoma_Pan_Cancer")
-    FutureWarning: Use `squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.
+    FutureWarning: The function visium_sge is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use :func:`squidpy.datasets.visium` instead.
         adata = sc.datasets.visium_sge("Targeted_Visium_Human_Glioblastoma_Pan_Cancer")
     >>> sc.pp.calculate_qc_metrics(adata, inplace=True)
     >>> sc.pl.spatial(adata, color="log1p_n_genes_by_counts")
-    FutureWarning: Use `squidpy.pl.spatial_scatter` instead.
+    FutureWarning: The function spatial is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use :func:`squidpy.pl.spatial_scatter` instead.
         sc.pl.spatial(adata, color="log1p_n_genes_by_counts")
 
     See Also
diff --git a/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_deprecated/highly_variable_genes.py b/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_deprecated/highly_variable_genes.py
index c1db3d654b..461e056c81 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_deprecated/highly_variable_genes.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_deprecated/highly_variable_genes.py
@@ -7,16 +7,32 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from anndata import AnnData
 from fast_array_utils.stats import mean_var
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 from ... import logging as logg
-from ..._compat import CSBase, deprecated, old_positionals, warn
+from ..._compat import CSBase, old_positionals, warn
 from .._distributed import materialize_as_ndarray
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Literal
 
 
-@deprecated("Use sc.pp.highly_variable_genes instead")
+@deprecated(
+    Deprecation(
+        "1.3.6",
+        """\
+Use :func:`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` instead.
+The new function is equivalent to the present function, except that
+
+* the new function always expects logarithmized data
+* `subset=False` in the new function, it suffices to
+    merely annotate the genes, tools like `pp.pca` will
+    detect the annotation
+* you can now call: `sc.pl.highly_variable_genes(adata)`
+* `copy` is replaced by `inplace`\
+""",
+    )
+)
 @old_positionals(
     "flavor",
     "min_disp",
@@ -45,18 +61,6 @@ def filter_genes_dispersion(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0913, PLR0915
 ) -> AnnData | np.recarray | None:
     """Extract highly variable genes :cite:p:`Satija2015,Zheng2017`.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.3.6
-
-       Use :func:`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` instead.
-       The new function is equivalent to the present function, except that
-
-       * the new function always expects logarithmized data
-       * `subset=False` in the new function, it suffices to
-         merely annotate the genes, tools like `pp.pca` will
-         detect the annotation
-       * you can now call: `sc.pl.highly_variable_genes(adata)`
-       * `copy` is replaced by `inplace`
-
     If trying out parameters, pass the data matrix instead of AnnData.
 
     Depending on `flavor`, this reproduces the R-implementations of Seurat
diff --git a/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_simple.py b/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_simple.py
index cdd197e30d..3723b3b6ed 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_simple.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/preprocessing/_simple.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 from fast_array_utils.conv import to_dense
 from fast_array_utils.numba import njit
 from pandas.api.types import CategoricalDtype
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 from sklearn.utils import check_array, sparsefuncs
 
 from .. import logging as logg
-from .._compat import CSBase, CSRBase, DaskArray, deprecated, old_positionals
+from .._compat import CSBase, CSRBase, DaskArray, old_positionals
 from .._settings import settings as sett
 from .._utils import (
     _resolve_axis,
@@ -468,7 +469,21 @@ def sqrt(
     return x.sqrt() if isinstance(x, CSBase) else np.sqrt(x)
 
 
-@deprecated("Use `sc.pp.normalize_total` instead.")
+@deprecated(
+    Deprecation(
+        "1.3.7",
+        """\
+Use :func:`~scanpy.pp.normalize_total` instead.
+The new function is equivalent to the present
+function, except that
+
+* the new function doesn't filter cells based on `min_counts`,
+    use :func:`~scanpy.pp.filter_cells` if filtering is needed.
+* some arguments were renamed
+* `copy` is replaced by `inplace`\
+""",
+    )
+)
 @old_positionals(
     "counts_per_cell_after",
     "counts_per_cell",
@@ -491,17 +506,6 @@ def normalize_per_cell(
 ) -> AnnData | np.ndarray | CSBase | None:
     """Normalize total counts per cell.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.3.7
-
-       Use :func:`~scanpy.pp.normalize_total` instead.
-       The new function is equivalent to the present
-       function, except that
-
-       * the new function doesn't filter cells based on `min_counts`,
-         use :func:`~scanpy.pp.filter_cells` if filtering is needed.
-       * some arguments were renamed
-       * `copy` is replaced by `inplace`
-
     Normalize each cell by total counts over all genes, so that every cell has
     the same total count after normalization.
 
diff --git a/src/scanpy/readwrite.py b/src/scanpy/readwrite.py
index c412edd671..f42809ebd1 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/readwrite.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/readwrite.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 from anndata import AnnData
 from matplotlib.image import imread
 from packaging.version import Version
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 from . import logging as logg
-from ._compat import deprecated, old_positionals, pkg_version, warn
+from ._compat import old_positionals, pkg_version, warn
 from ._settings import AnnDataFileFormat, settings
 from ._utils import _empty
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ def _read_legacy_10x_h5(f: h5py.File, genome: str | None) -> AnnData:
     return adata
 
 
-@deprecated("Use `squidpy.read.visium` instead.")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.11.0", "Use :func:`squidpy.read.visium` instead."))
 def read_visium(
     path: PathLike[str] | str,
     genome: str | None = None,
@@ -381,9 +382,6 @@ def read_visium(
 ) -> AnnData:
     r"""Read 10x-Genomics-formatted visum dataset.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.11.0
-       Use :func:`squidpy.read.visium` instead.
-
     In addition to reading regular 10x output,
     this looks for the `spatial` folder and loads images,
     coordinates and scale factors.
diff --git a/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py b/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
index c50d39ccef..1154201eae 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from natsort import natsorted
 from packaging.version import Version
+from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
 from .. import _utils
 from .. import logging as logg
-from .._compat import deprecated, old_positionals, pkg_version, warn
+from .._compat import old_positionals, pkg_version, warn
 from .._utils import _choose_graph, _doc_params, dematrix
 from ._docs import (
     doc_adata,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
     "obsp",
     "copy",
 )
-@deprecated("Use `scanpy.tl.leiden` instead")
+@deprecated(Deprecation("1.12.0", "Use :func:`scanpy.tl.leiden` instead."))
 @_doc_params(
     doc_adata=doc_adata,
     random_state=doc_random_state,
@@ -81,9 +82,6 @@ def louvain(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0913, PLR0915
 ) -> AnnData | None:
     """Cluster cells into subgroups :cite:p:`Blondel2008,Levine2015,Traag2017`.
 
-    .. deprecated:: 1.12.0
-       Use :func:`scanpy.tl.leiden` instead.
-
     Cluster cells using the Louvain algorithm :cite:p:`Blondel2008` in the implementation
     of :cite:t:`Traag2017`. The Louvain algorithm was proposed for single-cell
     analysis by :cite:t:`Levine2015`.
diff --git a/tests/notebooks/test_pbmc3k.py b/tests/notebooks/test_pbmc3k.py
index afaac6a4bf..36b889d08b 100644
--- a/tests/notebooks/test_pbmc3k.py
+++ b/tests/notebooks/test_pbmc3k.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_pbmc3k(subtests: pytest.Subtests, image_comparer) -> None:  # noqa: PLR
     with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.pp\.normalize_total"):
         sc.pp.normalize_per_cell(adata, counts_per_cell_after=1e4)
 
-    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.pp\.highly_variable_genes"):
+    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"pp\.highly_variable_genes"):
         filter_result = sc.pp.filter_genes_dispersion(
             adata.X,
             min_mean=0.0125,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_pbmc3k(subtests: pytest.Subtests, image_comparer) -> None:  # noqa: PLR
         )
 
     with subtests.test("filter_genes_dispersion"):
-        with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.pl\.highly_variable_genes"):
+        with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"pl\.highly_variable_genes"):
             sc.pl.filter_genes_dispersion(filter_result, show=False)
         save_and_compare_images("filter_genes_dispersion")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_datasets.py b/tests/test_datasets.py
index 38a2d4a1b8..48656d1349 100644
--- a/tests/test_datasets.py
+++ b/tests/test_datasets.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_pbmc68k_reduced():
         sc.datasets.pbmc68k_reduced()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Use `squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
 @pytest.mark.internet
 def test_visium_datasets():
     """Tests that reading/ downloading works and is does not have global effects."""
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_visium_datasets():
     assert_adata_equal(hheart, hheart_again)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Use `squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
 @pytest.mark.internet
 def test_visium_datasets_dir_change(tmp_path: Path):
     """Test that changing the dataset dir doesn't break reading."""
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def test_visium_datasets_dir_change(tmp_path: Path):
     assert_adata_equal(mbrain, mbrain_again)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Use `squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
 @pytest.mark.internet
 def test_visium_datasets_images():
     """Test that image download works and is does not have global effects."""
diff --git a/tests/test_highly_variable_genes.py b/tests/test_highly_variable_genes.py
index 0ee2912d37..d232b4d5cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_highly_variable_genes.py
+++ b/tests/test_highly_variable_genes.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def test_compare_to_upstream(
         sc.pp.log1p(pbmc)
         sc.pp.highly_variable_genes(pbmc, flavor=flavor, **params, inplace=True)
     elif func == "fgd":
-        with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.pp\.highly_variable_genes"):  # noqa: PT031
+        with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"pp\.highly_variable_genes"):  # noqa: PT031
             # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/61928
             warnings.filterwarnings(
                 "ignore", r"invalid value encountered in cast", RuntimeWarning
diff --git a/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_embeddings.py b/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_embeddings.py
index e8d4331218..c5a51d3567 100644
--- a/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_embeddings.py
+++ b/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_embeddings.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def plotfunc(request):
 
         @wraps(request.param)
         def f(adata, **kwargs):
-            with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"Use `squidpy.*` instead"):
+            with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r".*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead"):
                 return sc.pl.spatial(adata, **kwargs)
 
     else:
diff --git a/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_spatial.py b/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_spatial.py
index 87138451de..aaff0dfc1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_spatial.py
+++ b/tests/test_plotting_embedded/test_spatial.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 pytestmark = [
-    pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Use `squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
+    pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_preprocessing.py b/tests/test_preprocessing.py
index 82087ed6fe..7a9f926ee7 100644
--- a/tests/test_preprocessing.py
+++ b/tests/test_preprocessing.py
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ def test_recipe_plotting() -> None:
     sc.settings.autoshow = False
     adata = AnnData(np.random.randint(0, 1000, (1000, 1000)))
     # These shouldn't throw an error
-    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.p[pl]\.highly_variable_genes"):
+    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"p[pl]\.highly_variable_genes"):
         sc.pp.recipe_seurat(adata.copy(), plot=True)
-    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"sc\.p[pl]\.highly_variable_genes"):
+    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=r"p[pl]\.highly_variable_genes"):
         sc.pp.recipe_zheng17(adata.copy(), plot=True)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_read_10x.py b/tests/test_read_10x.py
index 811896a347..b0599e4018 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_10x.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_10x.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def visium_pth(request, tmp_path) -> Path:
         pytest.fail("add branch for new visium version")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Use `squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*Use .*`squidpy.*` instead:FutureWarning")
 def test_read_visium_counts(visium_pth):
     """Test checking that read_visium reads the right genome."""
     spec_genome_v3 = sc.read_visium(visium_pth, genome="GRCh38")