diff --git a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
index 0e493f0e2..441b49f8b 100644
--- a/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # pip install -r requirements/testing_without_asyncio.txt
-pytest>=6.2.5,<8.5        # https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/issues/3375
+pytest<8.5
 pytest-cov>=3,<8