diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9ef8f42f4e..eeed724e79 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ nosetests =
 test =
     coverage
     nose >=0.11
-    pytest
+    pytest !=5.3.4
     pytest-cov
 all =
     %(dicom)s