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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:00:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update pytest requirement from ==7.* to >=7,<9

Updates the requirements on [pytest](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest) to permit the latest version.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst)
- [Commits](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/compare/7.0.0rc1...8.0.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: pytest
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 pyproject.toml                            | 2 +-
 tests/requirements_for_software_tests.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d0e2191..43b835f9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "mock == 5.*",
-    "pytest == 7.*",
+    "pytest >= 7,< 9",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-asyncio",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/requirements_for_software_tests.txt b/tests/requirements_for_software_tests.txt
index f83592a5..afdcb093 100644
--- a/tests/requirements_for_software_tests.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements_for_software_tests.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mock==5.*
-pytest==7.*
+pytest>=7,<9
 pytest-cov==4.*
 pytest-asyncio>=0.17.2
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