diff --git a/dev/breeze/README.md b/dev/breeze/README.md
index e95e62cd4c04f..4f5f1009267a7 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/README.md
+++ b/dev/breeze/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY THE HASH BELOW! IT IS AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED BY PRE-COMMIT.
 
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-Package config hash: dc6668558ff6f7334e9f9a7ff9073caccd790d4ff4aab0e1228b3363677b53714310d4a2b9b43ff3e089c34fb3cdc9861350d1a495299feb3bb12c7506574c77
+Package config hash: e1d1047618912d5060bf5d5dec84a8ab0104875f2fde1e30f4afbb05f7d8370b1fe364e86419bde87ec5be15a4a6aa4ce5f5ca46e411b98546f19ba28b128b21
 
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diff --git a/dev/breeze/pyproject.toml b/dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
index 9d915ae9e1ebd..79e6cc1c5499a 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "psutil>=5.9.6",
     "pygithub>=2.1.1",
     "pytest-xdist>=3.3.1",
-    # Temporary upper limmit to <8, not all dependencies at that moment ready to use 8.0
-    # Internal meta-task for track https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37156
-    "pytest>=7.4.4,<8.0",
+    "pytest>=8.1.1",
     "pyyaml>=6.0.1",
     "requests>=2.31.0",
     "rich-click>=1.7.1",
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ line-length = 110
 target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312']
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:nose -p no:legacypath"
+addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:legacypath"
 norecursedirs = [
     ".eggs",
 ]
diff --git a/docker_tests/pyproject.toml b/docker_tests/pyproject.toml
index 21f3b5c11995c..815529de571f6 100644
--- a/docker_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docker_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:nose -p no:legacypath"
+addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:legacypath"
 norecursedirs = [
     ".eggs",
 ]
diff --git a/docker_tests/requirements.txt b/docker_tests/requirements.txt
index 60b4005325607..d29c6bd1b51b1 100644
--- a/docker_tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker_tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Temporary upper limmit to <8, not all dependencies at that moment ready to use 8.0
-# Internal meta-task for track https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37156
-pytest>=7.4.4,<8.0
+pytest>=8.1.1
 pytest-xdist
 requests
diff --git a/kubernetes_tests/pyproject.toml b/kubernetes_tests/pyproject.toml
index 21f3b5c11995c..815529de571f6 100644
--- a/kubernetes_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kubernetes_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:nose -p no:legacypath"
+addopts = "-rasl --verbosity=2 -p no:flaky -p no:legacypath"
 norecursedirs = [
     ".eggs",
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a26414becc74..a80ec726aa5e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ devel-tests = [
     "beautifulsoup4>=4.7.1",
     # Coverage 7.4.0 added experimental support for Python 3.12 PEP669 which we use in Airflow
     "coverage>=7.4.0",
-    "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.3",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.5",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "pytest-icdiff>=0.9",
     "pytest-instafail>=0.5.0",
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@ devel-tests = [
     "pytest-rerunfailures>=13.0",
     "pytest-timeouts>=1.2.1",
     "pytest-xdist>=3.5.0",
-    # Temporary upper limmit to <8, not all dependencies at that moment ready to use 8.0
-    # Internal meta-task for track https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37156
-    "pytest>=7.4.4,<8.0",
+    "pytest>=8.1.1",
     "requests_mock>=1.11.0",
     "time-machine>=2.13.0",
     "wheel>=0.42.0",
diff --git a/tests/providers/fab/auth_manager/test_security.py b/tests/providers/fab/auth_manager/test_security.py
index fecd5c442865c..79d08f9b45ed4 100644
--- a/tests/providers/fab/auth_manager/test_security.py
+++ b/tests/providers/fab/auth_manager/test_security.py
@@ -1117,13 +1117,14 @@ def test_update_user_auth_stat_subsequent_unsuccessful_auth(mock_security_manage
 
 def test_users_can_be_found(app, security_manager, session, caplog):
     """Test that usernames are case insensitive"""
+    existing_users = security_manager.get_all_users()
     create_user(app, "Test")
     create_user(app, "test")
     create_user(app, "TEST")
     create_user(app, "TeSt")
     assert security_manager.find_user("Test")
     users = security_manager.get_all_users()
-    assert len(users) == 1
+    assert len(users) == 1 + len(existing_users)
     delete_user(app, "Test")
     assert "Error adding new user to database" in caplog.text
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/log/test_colored_log.py b/tests/utils/log/test_colored_log.py
index e90029361f67c..34cf09db1fa0c 100644
--- a/tests/utils/log/test_colored_log.py
+++ b/tests/utils/log/test_colored_log.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_format_time_uses_tz_aware(mock_fmt):
     # get a logger that uses CustomTTYColoredFormatter
     logger = logging.getLogger("test_format_time")
     h = logging.StreamHandler()
-    h.setFormatter(CustomTTYColoredFormatter())
+    h.setFormatter(CustomTTYColoredFormatter(fmt="%(asctime)s: %(log_color)s%(message)s%(reset)s"))
     logger.addHandler(h)
 
     # verify that it uses TimezoneAware.formatTime