diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b4f69dfc8..abaf483abb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ multidict
 anytree>=2.4.3
 pyrevolve>=2.1.3
 distributed<2021.2
-pytest>=3.6,<7.0
+pytest>=3.6,<8.0
 pytest-runner
 pytest-cov
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