diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c05ef406b6..c62293dead 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def read_version():
         extras["all"],
         "tox",
         "flake8",
-        "pytest",
+        "pytest<6.1.0",
         "pytest-cov",
         "pytest-rerunfailures",
         "pytest-xdist",