diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
index b0cbd4e924..7cdb77a622 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest pytest-xdist
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest<8.1.0 pytest-xdist
 
     - name: Install PennyLane Plugins
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
index 645ea22340..c77819c38e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest pytest-xdist
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest<8.1.0 pytest-xdist
 
     - name: Install PennyLane Plugins
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
index 5f04623c4c..27ee561e24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest pytest-xdist
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install pytest<8.1.0 pytest-xdist
 
     - name: Install PennyLane Plugins
       run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1abe6c2864..7823adfc35 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ isort
 
 # testing
 lit
-pytest==8.0.2
+pytest<8.1.0
 pytest-xdist
 pytest-cov
 nbmake