diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b0357f246..d9acfecf6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dev = [
     "ruff~=0.9.9",
     "types-requests~=2.31.0.6",
     "types-setuptools~=75.8.0.20250110",
-    "pytest~=8.3.4",
+    "pytest>=8.3.4,<8.5.0",
     "pytest-vcr~=1.0.2",
     "vcrpy~=6.0.2",
     "pytest-order~=1.3.0",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 3d25f0c2c..5238810f0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ruff~=0.9.9
 # higher versions require urllib3>=2.0
 types-requests~=2.31.0.6
 types-setuptools~=75.8.0.20250110
-pytest~=8.3.4
+pytest>=8.3.4,<8.5.0
 pytest-vcr~=1.0.2
 # [PINNED] to v6.x since vcrpy>=7.0 requires urllib3>=2.0
 # which breaks compatibility with Python 3.8