diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index f122836f..1d31bd52 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dependencies:
           - dask
           - distributed
           - numba>=0.57
-          - pytest
+          - pytest==7.*
           - pytest-asyncio
           - pytest-rerunfailures
       - output_types: [conda]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 233e7bcc..1e608473 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ test = [
     "dask",
     "distributed",
     "numba>=0.57",
-    "pytest",
     "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-rerunfailures",
+    "pytest==7.*",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
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