diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index efc02bfa9243da..ba648416f84849 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -199,22 +199,18 @@ def __enter__(self):
         # do not keep args and kwds alive unnecessarily
         # they are only needed for recreation, which is not possible anymore
         del self.args, self.kwds, self.func
-        try:
-            return next(self.gen)
-        except StopIteration:
-            raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield") from None
+        for value in self.gen:
+            return value
+        raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield")
 
     def __exit__(self, typ, value, traceback):
         if typ is None:
-            try:
-                next(self.gen)
-            except StopIteration:
-                return False
-            else:
+            for _ in self.gen:
                 try:
                     raise RuntimeError("generator didn't stop")
                 finally:
                     self.gen.close()
+            return False
         else:
             if value is None:
                 # Need to force instantiation so we can reliably
@@ -272,22 +268,18 @@ async def __aenter__(self):
         # do not keep args and kwds alive unnecessarily
         # they are only needed for recreation, which is not possible anymore
         del self.args, self.kwds, self.func
-        try:
-            return await anext(self.gen)
-        except StopAsyncIteration:
-            raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield") from None
+        async for value in self.gen:
+            return value
+        raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield")
 
     async def __aexit__(self, typ, value, traceback):
         if typ is None:
-            try:
-                await anext(self.gen)
-            except StopAsyncIteration:
-                return False
-            else:
+            async for _ in self.gen:
                 try:
                     raise RuntimeError("generator didn't stop")
                 finally:
                     await self.gen.aclose()
+            return False
         else:
             if value is None:
                 # Need to force instantiation so we can reliably
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-16-39-54.gh-issue-151903.1Jm-Oc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-16-39-54.gh-issue-151903.1Jm-Oc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a09e4eb653f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-16-39-54.gh-issue-151903.1Jm-Oc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Optimize ``contextlib.contextmanager`` and ``contextlib.asynccontextmanager`` by replacing explicit ``next()`` and ``anext()`` calls with ``for`` and ``async for`` loops.