diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 86fd0bc..9ecfcd0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ releases are available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pytask-parallel) and
 
 ## 0.3.1 - 2023-xx-xx
 
+- {pull}`56` refactors the `ProcessPoolExecutor`.
+
 ## 0.3.0 - 2023-01-23
 
 - {pull}`50` deprecates INI configurations and aligns the package with pytask v0.3.
diff --git a/src/pytask_parallel/backends.py b/src/pytask_parallel/backends.py
index 6d81c3e..3a4d9de 100644
--- a/src/pytask_parallel/backends.py
+++ b/src/pytask_parallel/backends.py
@@ -2,8 +2,37 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import enum
+from concurrent.futures import Future
 from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Callable
+
+import cloudpickle
+
+
+def deserialize_and_run_with_cloudpickle(
+    fn: Callable[..., Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+) -> Any:
+    """Deserialize and execute a function and keyword arguments."""
+    deserialized_fn = cloudpickle.loads(fn)
+    deserialized_kwargs = cloudpickle.loads(kwargs)
+    return deserialized_fn(**deserialized_kwargs)
+
+
+class CloudpickleProcessPoolExecutor(ProcessPoolExecutor):
+    """Patches the standard executor to serialize functions with cloudpickle."""
+
+    # The type signature is wrong for version above Py3.7. Fix when 3.7 is deprecated.
+    def submit(  # type: ignore[override]
+        self, fn: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any, **kwargs: Any  # noqa: ARG002
+    ) -> Future[Any]:
+        """Submit a new task."""
+        return super().submit(
+            deserialize_and_run_with_cloudpickle,
+            fn=cloudpickle.dumps(fn),
+            kwargs=cloudpickle.dumps(kwargs),
+        )
 
 
 try:
@@ -20,7 +49,7 @@ class ParallelBackendChoices(enum.Enum):
     PARALLEL_BACKENDS_DEFAULT = ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES
 
     PARALLEL_BACKENDS = {
-        ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES: ProcessPoolExecutor,
+        ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES: CloudpickleProcessPoolExecutor,
         ParallelBackendChoices.THREADS: ThreadPoolExecutor,
     }
 
@@ -36,7 +65,7 @@ class ParallelBackendChoices(enum.Enum):  # type: ignore[no-redef]
     PARALLEL_BACKENDS_DEFAULT = ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES
 
     PARALLEL_BACKENDS = {
-        ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES: ProcessPoolExecutor,
+        ParallelBackendChoices.PROCESSES: CloudpickleProcessPoolExecutor,
         ParallelBackendChoices.THREADS: ThreadPoolExecutor,
         ParallelBackendChoices.LOKY: (  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             get_reusable_executor
diff --git a/src/pytask_parallel/execute.py b/src/pytask_parallel/execute.py
index 72e7e0f..8f72785 100644
--- a/src/pytask_parallel/execute.py
+++ b/src/pytask_parallel/execute.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from typing import List
 
 import attr
-import cloudpickle
 from pybaum.tree_util import tree_map
 from pytask import console
 from pytask import ExecutionReport
@@ -179,13 +178,10 @@ def pytask_execute_task(session: Session, task: Task) -> Future[Any] | None:
         if session.config["n_workers"] > 1:
             kwargs = _create_kwargs_for_task(task)
 
-            bytes_function = cloudpickle.dumps(task)
-            bytes_kwargs = cloudpickle.dumps(kwargs)
-
             return session.config["_parallel_executor"].submit(
                 _unserialize_and_execute_task,
-                bytes_function=bytes_function,
-                bytes_kwargs=bytes_kwargs,
+                task=task,
+                kwargs=kwargs,
                 show_locals=session.config["show_locals"],
                 console_options=console.options,
                 session_filterwarnings=session.config["filterwarnings"],
@@ -196,8 +192,8 @@ def pytask_execute_task(session: Session, task: Task) -> Future[Any] | None:
 
 
 def _unserialize_and_execute_task(  # noqa: PLR0913
-    bytes_function: bytes,
-    bytes_kwargs: bytes,
+    task: Task,
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any],
     show_locals: bool,
     console_options: ConsoleOptions,
     session_filterwarnings: tuple[str, ...],
@@ -212,9 +208,6 @@ def _unserialize_and_execute_task(  # noqa: PLR0913
     """
     __tracebackhide__ = True
 
-    task = cloudpickle.loads(bytes_function)
-    kwargs = cloudpickle.loads(bytes_kwargs)
-
     with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as log:
         # mypy can't infer that record=True means log is not None; help it.
         assert log is not None