diff --git a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
index 5421347a0..ddc8ee0b3 100644
--- a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pip install -r requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
-pytest>=6.2.5,<7
+pytest>=6.2.5,<9
 pytest-cov>=3,<5
 black==22.8.0             # Until we drop Python 3.6 support, we have to stay with this version
 click<=8.0.4              # black is affected by https://github.com/pallets/click/issues/2225