diff --git a/requirements/_tests.txt b/requirements/_tests.txt
index 8ecb8bd5..95ac1ac1 100644
--- a/requirements/_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements/_tests.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 coverage ==7.2.7; python_version < '3.8'
 coverage ==7.10.*; python_version >= '3.8' and python_version < '3.10'
 coverage ==7.11.*; python_version >= '3.10'
-pytest ==7.4.3; python_version < '3.8'
-pytest ==8.4.*; python_version >= '3.8'
+pytest >=8.4, <9.0; python_version < '3.10'
+pytest ==9.0.*; python_version >= '3.10'
 pytest-cov ==7.0.0
 pytest-timeout ==2.4.0