diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd96ef50f..a144f3bb7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dev = [
     "tox>=4",
 ]
 test = [
-    "pytest>=7",
+    "pytest>=7,<8.1.0",
     "pytest-xdist>=3",
     "pytest-mock>=3.5.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4",