diff --git a/requirements/reqs-test.txt b/requirements/reqs-test.txt
index 0872dfb6..896cdd11 100644
--- a/requirements/reqs-test.txt
+++ b/requirements/reqs-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mock==2.0.0
-pytest==3.10.1
+pytest>=4.2.1
 coveralls>=1.1
 pytest-cov==2.6.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a53971b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[aliases]
+test=pytest
+