diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d2fc6c9..2fe6e339 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "coverage[toml]~=6.3",
-    "pytest~=7.2",
+    "pytest>=7.2,<9.0",
     "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
 ]
 lint = [