diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 2794125b78a..30744d99b54 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ dependencies:
 - ptxcompiler
 - pyarrow==14.0.1.*
 - pydata-sphinx-theme!=0.14.2
-- pytest
 - pytest-benchmark
 - pytest-cases>=3.8.2
 - pytest-cov
 - pytest-xdist
+- pytest<8
 - python-confluent-kafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0
 - python-snappy>=0.6.0
 - python>=3.9,<3.11
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 91104c55961..ddd66611fde 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ dependencies:
 - pyarrow==14.0.1.*
 - pydata-sphinx-theme!=0.14.2
 - pynvjitlink
-- pytest
 - pytest-benchmark
 - pytest-cases>=3.8.2
 - pytest-cov
 - pytest-xdist
+- pytest<8
 - python-confluent-kafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0
 - python-snappy>=0.6.0
 - python>=3.9,<3.11
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 09866869a8b..5bceaa74af1 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - pytest
+          - pytest<8
           - pytest-cov
           - pytest-xdist
   test_python_cudf:
diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index fc130ecb19e..840baa58355 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ test = [
     "fastavro>=0.22.9",
     "hypothesis",
     "msgpack",
-    "pytest",
     "pytest-benchmark",
     "pytest-cases>=3.8.2",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
+    "pytest<8",
     "python-snappy>=0.6.0",
     "scipy",
     "tokenizers==0.13.1",
diff --git a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
index 24b27b40dbd..dc3c27233cb 100644
--- a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-    "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
+    "pytest<8",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
index 04396cab452..3cda5b4dd42 100644
--- a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-    "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
+    "pytest<8",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
index 6b279e5abd2..cac8d534e68 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ cudf = "dask_cudf.backends:CudfBackendEntrypoint"
 test = [
     "dask-cuda==24.4.*",
     "numba>=0.57",
-    "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
+    "pytest<8",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.urls]