diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6c44356c6..66a779e3a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dev =
     mkdocstrings==0.18.0
     pyfakefs==4.5.4
     pylint==2.12.2
-    pytest==7.0.0
+    pytest==6.2.5
     pytest-cov==3.0.0
 ci =
     twine==3.8.0