diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 42c8a08a2b5d..6864353a5329 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ pre-commit
 pre-commit-hooks==4.4.0
 psutil>=4.0
 # pytest 6.2.3 does not support Python 3.10
-pytest>=6.2.4
+# TODO: fix use of removed private APIs so we can use the latest pytest
+pytest>=6.2.4,<7.4.0
 pytest-xdist>=1.34.0
 pytest-forked>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 pytest-cov>=2.10.0