diff --git a/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/Makefile b/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/Makefile
index 9168c38eb5..b3a507334b 100644
--- a/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/Makefile
+++ b/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 APPLICATION = timer_periodic_wakeup
 RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../..
+
 BOARD ?= native
-USEMODULE += xtimer
-QUIET ?= 1
+
+USEMODULE += ztimer_msec
 
 # Comment this out to disable code in RIOT that does safety checking
 # which is not needed in a production environment but helps in the
diff --git a/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/main.c b/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/main.c
index a1c91506cf..690c5bbd3c 100644
--- a/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/main.c
+++ b/examples/timer_periodic_wakeup/main.c
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "xtimer.h"
+#include "ztimer.h"
 #include "timex.h"
 
 /* set interval to 1 second */
-#define INTERVAL (1U * US_PER_SEC)
+#define INTERVAL_MS (1U * MS_PER_SEC)
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    xtimer_ticks32_t last_wakeup = xtimer_now();
+    uint32_t last_wakeup = ztimer_now(ZTIMER_MSEC);
 
-    while(1) {
-        xtimer_periodic_wakeup(&last_wakeup, INTERVAL);
-        printf("slept until %" PRIu32 "\n", xtimer_usec_from_ticks(xtimer_now()));
+    while (1) {
+        ztimer_periodic_wakeup(ZTIMER_MSEC, &last_wakeup, INTERVAL_MS);
+        printf("slept until %" PRIu32 "\n", ztimer_now(ZTIMER_MSEC));
     }
 
     return 0;