diff --git a/changelog/8236.bugfix.rst b/changelog/8236.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2b0d9c5d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/8236.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Define ``create_module()`` and ``exec_module()`` methods in
+``AssertionRewritingHook`` to get rid of ``ImportWarning`` on Python 3.10+.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py b/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
index 1c6161b212d..7e7eebd25ab 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ def load_module(self, name):
             raise
         return sys.modules[name]
 
+    def create_module(self, spec):
+        return self.load_module(spec.name)
+
+    def exec_module(self, module):
+        pass
+
     def is_package(self, name):
         try:
             fd, fn, desc = self._imp_find_module(name)