diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c54bef8fc..183ffdcd8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ doc = [
 ]
 test = [
     "loompy>=3.0.5",
-    "pytest>=8.1",
+    "pytest>=8.0",
     "pytest-cov>=2.10",
     "zarr",
     "matplotlib",