diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78b4cd7e8..a31349715 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     test_suite="tests",
     tests_require=[
         "bagit >= 1.6.4, < 1.9",
-        "pytest >= 6.2, < 7.5",
+        "pytest >= 6.2, < 8.1",
         "mock >= 2.0.0",
         "pytest-mock >= 1.10.0",
         "pytest-httpserver",
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 9bdecc1cb..758834213 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bagit>=1.6.4,<1.9
-pytest>=6.2,< 7.5
+pytest>= 6.2,< 8.1
 pytest-xdist
 pytest-httpserver
 mock>=2.0.0