diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fe6c2cdea5..56e3678af4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ deps =
     oldestdeps: beautifulsoup4==4.8
     oldestdeps-alldeps: mocpy==0.9
 
+    # pytest warnings issue for older versions, workaround until we drop 3.8 support
+    py38: pytest<8
+
     online: pytest-rerunfailures
 
 extras =