diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90b42a745..8cd80d5b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-random-order~=1.1",
     "pytest-timeout~=2.2",
     "pytest-xvfb~=3.0",
-    "pytest~=8.0",
+    "pytest>=8,<10",
     "pytest-cov~=6.1.1",
     "watchdog~=6.0",
     "pre_commit~=4.2",