diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 02080670d1..a30d56c197 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ repos:
     - flake8-pytest-style ~= 1.6.0
     - flake8-spellcheck ~= 0.28.0
     - wemake-python-styleguide ~= 1.1.0
-    language_version: python3.11  # flake8-commas doesn't work w/ Python 3.12
+    # Use Python 3.11 for CI compatibility (flake8-annotations not 3.14 ready)
+    language_version: python3.11
 
 - repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks-lxml.git
   rev: v1.1.0
diff --git a/cheroot/test/conftest.py b/cheroot/test/conftest.py
index db61bb0020..24dfc075f4 100644
--- a/cheroot/test/conftest.py
+++ b/cheroot/test/conftest.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 itself, useless for end-users' app testing.
 """
 
+import contextlib
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 
 import pytest
 
-from .._compat import IS_MACOS, IS_WINDOWS  # noqa: WPS436
+from .._compat import IS_MACOS, IS_WINDOWS
 from ..server import Gateway, HTTPServer
 from ..testing import (  # noqa: F401  # pylint: disable=unused-import
     get_server_client,
@@ -20,6 +22,21 @@
 )
 
 
+# Python 3.14 compatibility: Force 'fork' multiprocessing on Unix
+# Python 3.14 changed default from 'fork' to 'forkserver' on Unix,
+# which can cause issues with pytest-xdist's parallel test execution.
+# This ensures compatibility with existing test fixtures and shared state.
+# Note: Windows doesn't support 'fork', so we skip this on Windows.
+# Ref: https://github.com/cherrypy/cheroot/issues/767
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 14) and not IS_WINDOWS:
+    with contextlib.suppress(ImportError):
+        import multiprocessing
+
+        with contextlib.suppress(RuntimeError):
+            # Force fork method even if already set to forkserver
+            multiprocessing.set_start_method('fork', force=True)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def http_request_timeout():
     """Return a common HTTP request timeout for tests with queries."""
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 6586702144..261cdc3560 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -60,7 +60,19 @@ filterwarnings =
   # FIXME: Python 3.13 no longer ignores IOBase errors raised by the close(),
   # FIXME: which exposed a possible race condition in test_conn test cleanup.
   # Ref: https://github.com/cherrypy/cheroot/issues/734
-  ignore:Exception ignored in. <function IOBase.__del__:pytest.PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning
+  # Python 3.14 changed error message format from "Exception ignored in." to
+  # "Exception ignored while calling deallocator", so we use a regex that matches both
+  ignore:Exception ignored.*IOBase.__del__:pytest.PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning
+
+  # Python 3.14: PEP 765 - control flow statements in finally blocks
+  # Added as defensive measure even though current code has no violations
+  # Ref: https://github.com/cherrypy/cheroot/issues/767
+  ignore::SyntaxWarning
+
+  # Python 3.14: Free-threaded build context-aware warnings
+  # Context-aware warnings may behave differently in free-threaded builds
+  # Ref: https://github.com/cherrypy/cheroot/issues/767
+  ignore:.*context.*:RuntimeWarning
 
 # https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/usage.html#creating-junitxml-format-files
 junit_duration_report = call