diff --git a/changelog/68136.fixed.md b/changelog/68136.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15a97f642a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/68136.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix filedescriptor out of range problem in tcp.py by replacing select.sect() with the higher-level selectors API
diff --git a/salt/transport/tcp.py b/salt/transport/tcp.py
index bf6760cbbe28..fd0cbd677ebe 100644
--- a/salt/transport/tcp.py
+++ b/salt/transport/tcp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import queue
-import select
+import selectors
 import socket
 import threading
 import time
@@ -371,10 +371,13 @@ async def recv(self, timeout=None):
         if timeout == 0:
             for msg in self.unpacker:
                 return msg[b"body"]
-            try:
-                events, _, _ = select.select([self._stream.socket], [], [], 0)
-            except TimeoutError:
-                events = []
+
+            with selectors.DefaultSelector() as sel:
+                sel.register(self._stream.socket, selectors.EVENT_READ)
+                ready = sel.select(timeout=0)
+                events = [key.fileobj for key, _ in ready]
+                sel.unregister(self._stream.socket)
+
             if events:
                 while not self._closing:
                     async with self._read_in_progress:
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/transport/test_publish_client.py b/tests/pytests/unit/transport/test_publish_client.py
index c212d7ef4e1a..c1e7e5685508 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/transport/test_publish_client.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/transport/test_publish_client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
 import logging
+import selectors
 import socket
 import time
 
@@ -295,3 +296,39 @@ async def handler(request):
         raise Exception(f"Unknown transport {transport}")
     client.close()
     await asyncio.sleep(0.03)
+
+
+async def test_recv_timeout_zero():
+    """
+    Test recv method with timeout=0.
+    """
+    host = "127.0.0.1"
+    port = 11122
+    ioloop = MagicMock()
+    mock_stream = MagicMock()
+    mock_unpacker = MagicMock()
+    mock_unpacker.__iter__.return_value = []
+    mock_socket = MagicMock()
+    mock_stream.socket = mock_socket
+
+    mock_selector_instance = MagicMock()
+    mock_selector_instance.__enter__.return_value = mock_selector_instance
+    mock_selector_instance.__exit__.return_value = None
+    mock_selector_instance.select.return_value = []
+
+    with patch(
+        "salt.transport.tcp.selectors.DefaultSelector",
+        return_value=mock_selector_instance,
+    ), patch("salt.utils.msgpack.Unpacker", return_value=mock_unpacker):
+
+        client = salt.transport.tcp.PublishClient({}, ioloop, host=host, port=port)
+        client._stream = mock_stream
+        result = await client.recv(timeout=0)
+
+        assert result is None
+        mock_selector_instance.register.assert_called_once_with(
+            mock_socket, selectors.EVENT_READ
+        )
+        mock_selector_instance.unregister.assert_called_once_with(mock_socket)
+    mock_selector_instance.__enter__.assert_called_once()
+    mock_selector_instance.__exit__.assert_called_once()