diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 168c1b6..174b6df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/MedShift/bigc.git"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "pytest~=7.1",
+    "pytest>=7.1,<10.0",
 ]
 
 [build-system]