diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 457b540029..ef4174f717 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ tests = [
     "dvc-ssh",
     "filelock",
     "flaky",
-    "pytest>=7,<9",
+    "pytest>=7,<8.1",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "pytest-docker>=1,<4",
     "pytest-mock",