diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index aded9d17..12a60e03 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ tests =
     mypy>=0.900
     pytest-cov>=2.8.0
     pytest-tornasync>=0.5.0
-    pytest>=6
+    # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12263
+    pytest>=6,<8.2
     towncrier>=23
     types-pkg_resources>=0.1.2
     types-requests>2