diff --git a/drivers/tsl2561/Kconfig b/drivers/tsl2561/Kconfig
index 0d29518a8c..b394276f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/tsl2561/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tsl2561/Kconfig
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ config MODULE_TSL2561
     depends on HAS_PERIPH_I2C
     depends on TEST_KCONFIG
     select MODULE_PERIPH_I2C
-    select MODULE_XTIMER
+    select MODULE_ZTIMER
+    select MODULE_ZTIMER_MSEC
diff --git a/drivers/tsl2561/Makefile.dep b/drivers/tsl2561/Makefile.dep
index 9508a8aff7..40e4e2276c 100644
--- a/drivers/tsl2561/Makefile.dep
+++ b/drivers/tsl2561/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_i2c
-USEMODULE += xtimer
+USEMODULE += ztimer
+USEMODULE += ztimer_msec
diff --git a/drivers/tsl2561/tsl2561.c b/drivers/tsl2561/tsl2561.c
index df7528cbc4..b02a187917 100644
--- a/drivers/tsl2561/tsl2561.c
+++ b/drivers/tsl2561/tsl2561.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "tsl2561.h"
 #include "tsl2561_internals.h"
 #include "periph/i2c.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
+#include "ztimer.h"
 
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG        0
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -220,16 +220,16 @@ static void _read_data(const tsl2561_t *dev, uint16_t *full, uint16_t *ir)
 
     /* Wait integration time in ms for ADC to complete */
     switch (DEV_INTEGRATION) {
-        case TSL2561_INTEGRATIONTIME_13MS:
-            xtimer_usleep(13700);
+        case TSL2561_INTEGRATIONTIME_13MS: /* 13700us */
+            ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, 14);
             break;
 
         case TSL2561_INTEGRATIONTIME_101MS:
-            xtimer_usleep(101000);
+            ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, 101);
             break;
 
         default: /* TSL2561_INTEGRATIONTIME_402MS */
-            xtimer_usleep(402000);
+            ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, 402);
             break;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/driver_tsl2561/Makefile b/tests/driver_tsl2561/Makefile
index d1a27e3699..d17c3646be 100644
--- a/tests/driver_tsl2561/Makefile
+++ b/tests/driver_tsl2561/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
 USEMODULE += tsl2561
-USEMODULE += xtimer
+USEMODULE += ztimer
+USEMODULE += ztimer_msec
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tests/driver_tsl2561/app.config.test b/tests/driver_tsl2561/app.config.test
index 908d3b509d..0b1f62677c 100644
--- a/tests/driver_tsl2561/app.config.test
+++ b/tests/driver_tsl2561/app.config.test
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # this file enables modules defined in Kconfig. Do not use this file for
 # application configuration. This is only needed during migration.
 CONFIG_MODULE_TSL2561=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_XTIMER=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_ZTIMER=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_ZTIMER_MSEC=y
diff --git a/tests/driver_tsl2561/main.c b/tests/driver_tsl2561/main.c
index 1cf4209b5f..b603a255f6 100644
--- a/tests/driver_tsl2561/main.c
+++ b/tests/driver_tsl2561/main.c
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-#include "xtimer.h"
+#include "timex.h"
+#include "ztimer.h"
 #include "board.h"
 
 #include "tsl2561.h"
 #include "tsl2561_params.h"
 
-#define SLEEP_1S   (1 * 1000 * 1000u) /* 1 second delay between printf */
-
 int main(void)
 {
     puts("TSL2561 test application\n");
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ int main(void)
                "\n+-------------------------------------+\n",
                (int)tsl2561_read_illuminance(&dev));
 
-        xtimer_usleep(SLEEP_1S);
+        ztimer_sleep(ZTIMER_MSEC, MS_PER_SEC); /* 1s delay */
     }
 
     return 0;