diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f192f2203a..5427f0ea1d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ where=src
 
 [options.extras_require]
 testing =
-    # upstream
-    pytest >= 6
+    pytest >= 6, != 7.0.0
     pytest-xdist >= 2
 docs=
     Sphinx>=3.3.1