diff --git a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
index ec941179b..2b55125c7 100644
--- a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # pip install -r requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
-pytest>=6.2.5,<9
+pytest>=6.2.5,<8.2        # https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/issues/3375
 pytest-cov>=3,<6
 black==22.8.0             # Until we drop Python 3.6 support, we have to stay with this version