diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
index 99457ef95ce..fb31c4ed02d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
@@ -6,54 +6,45 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {NgIf} from '@angular/common';
+import {CommonModule, DOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {withBody} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
-import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, DoCheck, OnInit} from '../../src/core';
+import {Component, DoCheck, OnInit, Renderer2, RendererFactory2} from '../../src/core';
 import {whenRendered} from '../../src/render3/component';
-import {AttributeMarker, getRenderedText, LifecycleHooksFeature, ɵɵadvance, ɵɵdefineComponent, ɵɵgetCurrentView, ɵɵproperty, ɵɵtextInterpolate1, ɵɵtextInterpolate2} from '../../src/render3/index';
-import {detectChanges, markDirty, tick, ɵɵelement, ɵɵelementEnd, ɵɵelementStart, ɵɵlistener, ɵɵtemplate, ɵɵtext, ɵɵtextInterpolate} from '../../src/render3/instructions/all';
-import {RenderFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
-import {Renderer3, RendererFactory3} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
-import {FLAGS, LViewFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/view';
-
-import {containerEl, createComponent, renderComponent, requestAnimationFrame} from './render_util';
+import {getRenderedText} from '../../src/render3/index';
+import {detectChanges, markDirty} from '../../src/render3/instructions/all';
 
 describe('change detection', () => {
   describe('markDirty, detectChanges, whenRendered, getRenderedText', () => {
     let mycompOninit: MyComponentWithOnInit;
+
+    @Component({
+      selector: 'my-comp',
+      standalone: true,
+      template: '<span>{{ value }}</span>',
+    })
     class MyComponent implements DoCheck {
       value: string = 'works';
       doCheckCount = 0;
       ngDoCheck(): void {
         this.doCheckCount++;
       }
-
-      static ɵfac = () => new MyComponent();
-      static ɵcmp = ɵɵdefineComponent({
-        type: MyComponent,
-        selectors: [['my-comp']],
-        decls: 2,
-        vars: 1,
-        template:
-            (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyComponent) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                ɵɵelementStart(0, 'span');
-                ɵɵtext(1);
-                ɵɵelementEnd();
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ɵɵadvance(1);
-                ɵɵtextInterpolate(ctx.value);
-              }
-            }
-      });
     }
 
+    @Component({
+      selector: 'my-comp-oninit',
+      standalone: true,
+      template: '<span>{{ value }}</span>',
+    })
     class MyComponentWithOnInit implements OnInit, DoCheck {
       value: string = 'works';
       doCheckCount = 0;
 
+      constructor() {
+        mycompOninit = this;
+      }
+
       ngOnInit() {
         markDirty(this);
       }
@@ -66,28 +57,19 @@ describe('change detection', () => {
         this.value = 'click works';
         markDirty(this);
       }
-
-      static ɵfac = () => mycompOninit = new MyComponentWithOnInit();
-      static ɵcmp = ɵɵdefineComponent({
-        type: MyComponentWithOnInit,
-        selectors: [['my-comp-oninit']],
-        decls: 2,
-        vars: 1,
-        template:
-            (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyComponentWithOnInit) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                ɵɵelementStart(0, 'span');
-                ɵɵtext(1);
-                ɵɵelementEnd();
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ɵɵadvance(1);
-                ɵɵtextInterpolate(ctx.value);
-              }
-            }
-      });
     }
 
+    @Component({
+      selector: 'my-parent-comp',
+      standalone: true,
+      imports: [CommonModule, MyComponentWithOnInit],
+      template: `
+        -->
+        <div *ngIf="show">
+          <my-comp-oninit></my-comp-oninit>
+        </div>
+      `,
+    })
     class MyParentComponent implements OnInit {
       show = false;
       value = 'parent';
@@ -99,47 +81,28 @@ describe('change detection', () => {
         this.show = true;
         markDirty(this);
       }
-
-      static ɵfac = () => new MyParentComponent();
-      static ɵcmp = ɵɵdefineComponent({
-        type: MyParentComponent,
-        selectors: [['my-parent-comp']],
-        decls: 2,
-        vars: 1,
-        dependencies: [NgIf, MyComponentWithOnInit],
-        consts: [[AttributeMarker.Template, 'ngIf']],
-        template:
-            (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyParentComponent) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                ɵɵtext(0, ' -->\n');
-                ɵɵtemplate(1, (rf, ctx) => {
-                  if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                    ɵɵelementStart(0, 'div');
-                    ɵɵelement(1, 'my-comp-oninit');
-                    ɵɵelementEnd();
-                  }
-                }, 2, 0, 'div', 0);
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ɵɵadvance(1);
-                ɵɵproperty('ngIf', ctx.show);
-              }
-            }
-      });
     }
 
     it('should mark a component dirty and schedule change detection', withBody('my-comp', () => {
-         const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {hostFeatures: [LifecycleHooksFeature]});
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
+         const myComp = fixture.componentInstance;
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
          myComp.value = 'updated';
          markDirty(myComp);
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
-         requestAnimationFrame.flush();
+
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('updated');
        }));
 
     it('should detectChanges on a component', withBody('my-comp', () => {
-         const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {hostFeatures: [LifecycleHooksFeature]});
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
+         const myComp = fixture.componentInstance;
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
          myComp.value = 'updated';
          detectChanges(myComp);
@@ -148,25 +111,34 @@ describe('change detection', () => {
 
     it('should detectChanges after markDirty is called multiple times within ngOnInit',
        withBody('my-comp-oninit', () => {
-         const myParentComp =
-             renderComponent(MyParentComponent, {hostFeatures: [LifecycleHooksFeature]});
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyParentComponent);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
+         const myParentComp = fixture.componentInstance;
          expect(myParentComp.show).toBe(false);
          myParentComp.click();
-         requestAnimationFrame.flush();
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
          expect(myParentComp.show).toBe(true);
          const myComp = mycompOninit;
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
          expect(myComp.doCheckCount).toBe(1);
          myComp.click();
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
-         requestAnimationFrame.flush();
+
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('click works');
          expect(myComp.doCheckCount).toBe(2);
        }));
 
     it('should detectChanges only once if markDirty is called multiple times',
        withBody('my-comp', () => {
-         const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {hostFeatures: [LifecycleHooksFeature]});
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
+         const myComp = fixture.componentInstance;
+
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
          expect(myComp.doCheckCount).toBe(1);
          myComp.value = 'ignore';
@@ -174,59 +146,75 @@ describe('change detection', () => {
          myComp.value = 'updated';
          markDirty(myComp);
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
-         requestAnimationFrame.flush();
+
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('updated');
          expect(myComp.doCheckCount).toBe(2);
        }));
 
     it('should notify whenRendered', withBody('my-comp', async () => {
-         const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {hostFeatures: [LifecycleHooksFeature]});
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+
+         const myComp = fixture.componentInstance;
          await whenRendered(myComp);
          myComp.value = 'updated';
          markDirty(myComp);
-         setTimeout(requestAnimationFrame.flush, 0);
+         setTimeout(() => fixture.detectChanges(), 0);
          await whenRendered(myComp);
          expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('updated');
        }));
   });
 
-  it('should call begin and end when the renderer factory implements them', () => {
-    const log: string[] = [];
+  it('should call begin and end when the renderer factory implements them',
+     withBody('<my-comp></my-comp>', () => {
+       const log: string[] = [];
 
-    const testRendererFactory: RendererFactory3 = {
-      createRenderer: (): Renderer3 => {
-        return document;
-      },
-      begin: () => log.push('begin'),
-      end: () => log.push('end'),
-    };
+       const testRendererFactory: RendererFactory2 = {
+         createRenderer: (): Renderer2 => {
+           return document as unknown as Renderer2;
+         },
+         begin: () => log.push('begin'),
+         end: () => log.push('end'),
+       };
 
-    class MyComponent {
-      get value(): string {
-        log.push('detect changes');
-        return 'works';
-      }
+       @Component({
+         selector: 'my-comp',
+         standalone: true,
+         template: '{{ value }}',
+       })
+       class MyComponent {
+         get value(): string {
+           log.push('detect changes');
+           return 'works';
+         }
+       }
 
-      static ɵfac = () => new MyComponent();
-      static ɵcmp = ɵɵdefineComponent({
-        type: MyComponent,
-        selectors: [['my-comp']],
-        decls: 1,
-        vars: 1,
-        template:
-            (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyComponent) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                ɵɵtext(0);
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ɵɵtextInterpolate(ctx.value);
-              }
-            }
-      });
-    }
+       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+         providers: [
+           {
+             provide: DOCUMENT,
+             useFactory: () => document,
+           },
+           {
+             provide: RendererFactory2,
+             useValue: testRendererFactory,
+           }
+         ]
+       });
 
-    const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {rendererFactory: testRendererFactory});
-    expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
-    expect(log).toEqual(['begin', 'detect changes', 'end']);
-  });
+       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+       fixture.detectChanges();
+
+       const myComp = fixture.componentInstance;
+       expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
+
+       expect(log).toEqual([
+         'begin',
+         'detect changes',  // regular change detection cycle
+         'end',
+         'detect changes'  // check no changes cycle
+       ]);
+     }));
 });