diff --git a/.conda-envs/linux.txt b/.conda-envs/linux.txt
index 7b3d4db9da..e5cc1f46ec 100644
--- a/.conda-envs/linux.txt
+++ b/.conda-envs/linux.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ conda-forge::procrunner>=2.2.0
 conda-forge::psutil
 conda-forge::pybind11
 conda-forge::pyrtf
-conda-forge::pytest>=4.5
+conda-forge::pytest>=4.5,<7.0
 conda-forge::pytest-forked
 conda-forge::pytest-mock
 conda-forge::pytest-xdist
diff --git a/.conda-envs/macos.txt b/.conda-envs/macos.txt
index a5d4195c9f..1933e41384 100644
--- a/.conda-envs/macos.txt
+++ b/.conda-envs/macos.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ conda-forge::psutil
 conda-forge::pthread-stubs
 conda-forge::pybind11
 conda-forge::pyrtf
-conda-forge::pytest>=4.5
+conda-forge::pytest>=4.5,<7.0
 conda-forge::pytest-forked
 conda-forge::pytest-mock
 conda-forge::pytest-xdist
diff --git a/.conda-envs/windows.txt b/.conda-envs/windows.txt
index 7b3d4db9da..e5cc1f46ec 100644
--- a/.conda-envs/windows.txt
+++ b/.conda-envs/windows.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ conda-forge::procrunner>=2.2.0
 conda-forge::psutil
 conda-forge::pybind11
 conda-forge::pyrtf
-conda-forge::pytest>=4.5
+conda-forge::pytest>=4.5,<7.0
 conda-forge::pytest-forked
 conda-forge::pytest-mock
 conda-forge::pytest-xdist
diff --git a/newsfragments/1999.misc b/newsfragments/1999.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c18afd1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/1999.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pytest 7 is broken.