diff --git a/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPool.kt b/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPool.kt
index f70b2eafc3..2403c14107 100644
--- a/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPool.kt
+++ b/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPool.kt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class CommonObjectPool<K : Any, T : IPooledObject<K>>(
         if (future?.isCancelled == false || configuration.evictionIntervalMillis < 0L || isClosed.get()) {
             return
         }
-        future = executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(
+        future = executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
             ::evict,
             configuration.evictionDelayMillis,
             configuration.evictionIntervalMillis,
diff --git a/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPool.kt b/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPool.kt
index eed41aaeaa..efbcc0a9a0 100644
--- a/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPool.kt
+++ b/selekt-java/src/main/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPool.kt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class SingleObjectPool<K : Any, T : IPooledObject<K>>(
         if (evictionIntervalMillis < 0L || isClosed) {
             return
         }
-        future = executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(
+        future = executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
             ::evict,
             evictionDelayMillis,
             evictionIntervalMillis,
diff --git a/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPoolTest.kt b/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPoolTest.kt
index 69a6b64ba0..5a9645ac08 100644
--- a/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPoolTest.kt
+++ b/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/CommonObjectPoolTest.kt
@@ -360,17 +360,16 @@ internal class CommonObjectPoolTest {
 
     @Test
     fun interleavedBorrowSchedulesEvictionIfCancelled() {
-        @Suppress("JoinDeclarationAndAssignment")
         lateinit var pool: CommonObjectPool<String, PooledObject>
         val executor = object : ScheduledExecutorService by this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor {
             var count = 0
 
-            override fun scheduleAtFixedRate(
+            override fun scheduleWithFixedDelay(
                 command: Runnable,
                 initialDelay: Long,
-                period: Long,
+                delay: Long,
                 unit: TimeUnit
-            ) = this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(command, initialDelay, period, unit).also {
+            ) = this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(command, initialDelay, delay, unit).also {
                 if (count++ == 0) {
                     it.cancel(false)
                 }
@@ -459,12 +458,12 @@ internal class CommonObjectPoolTest {
     @Test
     fun evictionFailsIfCancelled() {
         val executor = object : ScheduledExecutorService by this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor {
-            override fun scheduleAtFixedRate(
+            override fun scheduleWithFixedDelay(
                 command: Runnable,
                 initialDelay: Long,
-                period: Long,
+                delay: Long,
                 unit: TimeUnit
-            ) = this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(command, initialDelay, period, unit).apply {
+            ) = this@CommonObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(command, initialDelay, delay, unit).apply {
                 cancel(false)
             }
         }
diff --git a/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPoolTest.kt b/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPoolTest.kt
index c97f6ce830..6a2d544f34 100644
--- a/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPoolTest.kt
+++ b/selekt-java/src/test/kotlin/com/bloomberg/selekt/pools/SingleObjectPoolTest.kt
@@ -349,12 +349,12 @@ internal class SingleObjectPoolTest {
     @Test
     fun evictionFailsIfCancelled() {
         val executor = object : ScheduledExecutorService by this@SingleObjectPoolTest.executor {
-            override fun scheduleAtFixedRate(
+            override fun scheduleWithFixedDelay(
                 command: Runnable,
                 initialDelay: Long,
-                period: Long,
+                delay: Long,
                 unit: TimeUnit
-            ) = this@SingleObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(command, initialDelay, period, unit).apply {
+            ) = this@SingleObjectPoolTest.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(command, initialDelay, delay, unit).apply {
                 cancel(false)
             }
         }
@@ -382,10 +382,8 @@ internal class SingleObjectPoolTest {
 
     @Test
     fun borrowAsClosingDoesNotScheduleEviction() {
-        @Suppress("JoinDeclarationAndAssignment")
-        lateinit var pool: SingleObjectPool<String, PooledObject>
         val executor = mock<ScheduledExecutorService>()
-        pool = SingleObjectPool(object : IObjectFactory<PooledObject> {
+        val pool = SingleObjectPool(object : IObjectFactory<PooledObject> {
             override fun close() = Unit
 
             override fun destroyObject(obj: PooledObject) = Unit