diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 61c79b8b..e9d7f60d 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 audformat
-pytest<8.1.0  # required by doctestplus
+pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-doctestplus