diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 562e3a79..34690ce8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dev =
 test =
     mock
     objgraph
-    pytest
+    pytest<=7.1.3
     pytest-cov
     gevent>=1.2 ; implementation_name!='pypy'
     eventlet>=0.17.1 ; implementation_name!='pypy'