diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f46b6cbf..05ac4c76 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ install_requires =
 [options.extras_require]
 testing =
 	# upstream
-	pytest >= 6, != 8.1.1
+	pytest >= 6, != 8.1.*
 	pytest-checkdocs >= 2.4
 	pytest-cov
 	pytest-mypy