diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index fdc845c5..4170295c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        pip install "pytest<8"
         pip install .[docs,tests]
         pip install black=="23.9.1" ruff=="0.0.292" mypy=="1.6.0"
         pip uninstall --yes scikit-learn
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-model-card-creator.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-model-card-creator.yml
index 9758972b..258269e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-model-card-creator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-model-card-creator.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        pip install "pytest<8"
         pip install -e .[docs,tests]
         python --version
         pip --version
diff --git a/skops/_min_dependencies.py b/skops/_min_dependencies.py
index 0a8290a8..2a9856bd 100644
--- a/skops/_min_dependencies.py
+++ b/skops/_min_dependencies.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """All minimum dependencies for scikit-learn."""
 import argparse
 
-PYTEST_MIN_VERSION = "5.0.1"
+# TODO: flaky fails on pytest=8
+PYTEST_MIN_VERSION = "7"
 
 # 'build' and 'install' is included to have structured metadata for CI.
 # It will NOT be included in setup's extras_require