diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ea053e3..c23f3c6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ install_requires =
 [options.extras_require]
 testing =
 	# upstream
-	pytest >= 6
-	# workaround for pytest-dev/pytest#12112
-	pytest@git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest@refs/pull/12169/head
+	pytest >= 6, != 8.1.1
 	pytest-checkdocs >= 2.4
 	pytest-cov
 	pytest-mypy