diff --git a/test/test_discovery_and_monitoring.py b/test/test_discovery_and_monitoring.py
index 7053f20e1..f7da8c278 100644
--- a/test/test_discovery_and_monitoring.py
+++ b/test/test_discovery_and_monitoring.py
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+import socketserver
 import sys
 import threading
 
+from pymongo.monitoring import ServerHeartbeatFailedEvent, ServerHeartbeatStartedEvent
+
 sys.path[0:0] = [""]
 
 from test import IntegrationTest, unittest
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ from test.unified_format import generate_test_classes
 from test.utils import (
     CMAPListener,
     HeartbeatEventListener,
+    HeartbeatEventsListListener,
     assertion_context,
     client_context,
     get_pool,
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ from test.utils import (
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from bson import Timestamp, json_util
-from pymongo import common, monitoring
+from pymongo import MongoClient, common, monitoring
 from pymongo.errors import (
     AutoReconnect,
     ConfigurationError,
@@ -396,6 +400,44 @@ class TestServerMonitoringMode(IntegrationTest):
             self.assertIsNone(monitor._rtt_monitor._executor._thread)
 
 
+class MockTCPHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
+    def handle(self):
+        self.server.events.append("client connected")
+        if self.request.recv(1024).strip():
+            self.server.events.append("client hello received")
+        self.request.close()
+
+
+class TestHeartbeatStartOrdering(unittest.TestCase):
+    def start_server(self, events):
+        server = socketserver.TCPServer(("localhost", 9999), MockTCPHandler)
+        server.events = events
+        server.handle_request()
+        server.server_close()
+
+    def test_heartbeat_start_ordering(self):
+        events = []
+        listener = HeartbeatEventsListListener(events)
+        server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.start_server, args=(events,))
+        server_thread.start()
+        _c = MongoClient(
+            "mongodb://localhost:9999", serverSelectionTimeoutMS=500, event_listeners=(listener,)
+        )
+        server_thread.join()
+        listener.wait_for_event(ServerHeartbeatStartedEvent, 1)
+        listener.wait_for_event(ServerHeartbeatFailedEvent, 1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events,
+            [
+                "serverHeartbeatStartedEvent",
+                "client connected",
+                "client hello received",
+                "serverHeartbeatFailedEvent",
+            ],
+        )
+
+
 # Generate unified tests.
 globals().update(generate_test_classes(os.path.join(SDAM_PATH, "unified"), module=__name__))
 
diff --git a/test/utils.py b/test/utils.py
index fb0e52292..b514b7a08 100644
--- a/test/utils.py
+++ b/test/utils.py
@@ -281,6 +281,26 @@ class HeartbeatEventListener(BaseListener, monitoring.ServerHeartbeatListener):
         self.add_event(event)
 
 
+class HeartbeatEventsListListener(HeartbeatEventListener):
+    """Listens to only server heartbeat events and publishes them to a provided list."""
+
+    def __init__(self, events):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.event_list = events
+
+    def started(self, event):
+        self.add_event(event)
+        self.event_list.append("serverHeartbeatStartedEvent")
+
+    def succeeded(self, event):
+        self.add_event(event)
+        self.event_list.append("serverHeartbeatSucceededEvent")
+
+    def failed(self, event):
+        self.add_event(event)
+        self.event_list.append("serverHeartbeatFailedEvent")
+
+
 class MockConnection:
     def __init__(self):
         self.cancel_context = _CancellationContext()