diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3768fcb05c..a4d9ab15c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ tests = [
   'aiida-export-migration-tests==0.9.0',
   'pg8000~=1.13',
   'pgtest~=1.3,>=1.3.1',
-  'pytest~=7.0',
+  'pytest~=8.0',
   'pytest-asyncio~=0.12,<0.17',
   'pytest-timeout~=2.0',
   'pytest-cov~=4.1',