diff --git a/functest_requirements.txt b/functest_requirements.txt
index 21c9483be..3ae954b24 100644
--- a/functest_requirements.txt
+++ b/functest_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 django  # TODO: test_sync.py has a dependency on date parsing functions
 git+https://github.com/pulp/pulp-smash.git#egg=pulp-smash
 productmd>=1.25
-pytest
+pytest<8
 dictdiffer
 xmltodict
 pyyaml
diff --git a/unittest_requirements.txt b/unittest_requirements.txt
index ed1dc5f38..e5715b49d 100644
--- a/unittest_requirements.txt
+++ b/unittest_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Unit test requirements
+pytest<8
 asynctest
 mock
 pytest-django