diff --git a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/checksums.ini
index 62f631ea40a..e79058d27e3 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/checksums.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 tarball=gnumake_tokenpool-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
-sha1=a060f03e0306a85bc1a91a450e457be83ed371e9
-md5=834ccc4d6d52741c5eabac1bdb8f39b2
-cksum=1679797266
+sha1=3dfcc8c466c17f974d90694f81f4481c3d84aecc
+md5=5dae4c65e9609853085ae1970d4fe143
+cksum=612213211
 upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/py3/g/gnumake_tokenpool/gnumake_tokenpool-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/install-requires.txt
index 0ee4452edd3..759ca97a680 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gnumake-tokenpool
+gnumake-tokenpool >= 0.0.4
diff --git a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/package-version.txt
index bcab45af15a..81340c7e72d 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/gnumake_tokenpool/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.3
+0.0.4
diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/forker.py b/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
index 4315cd1ba9f..efd28d10abe 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
@@ -1806,12 +1806,13 @@ def parallel_dispatch(self):
         job_client = None
         try:
             from gnumake_tokenpool import JobClient, NoJobServer
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
             try:
-                job_client = JobClient()
+                job_client = JobClient(use_cysignals=True)
             except NoJobServer:
                 pass
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
 
         source_iter = iter(self.controller.sources)