diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce855dce5..98e11e3be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ tests = [
   "fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2",
   "lz4>=0.10",
   "psutil",
-  "pytest>=7",
+  "pytest>=8",
   "pytest-remotedata",
 ]
 [project.urls]