diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cc7ced3c3..d85a56b40 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ formats = zip
 license_files = LICENSE
 
 [tool:pytest]
-minversion = 3.0
+minversion = 7.0.0
 testpaths = 
 	Tests
 	fontTools
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cf0afea08..ea46928cf 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ download = true
 install_command = python -m pip install --only-binary=lxml {opts} {packages}
 deps =
     cov: coverage>=4.3
-    pytest
+    pytest>=7.0.0
     pytest-randomly
     # add -noextra to tox -e to skip installing extras and only test the core fonttools
     !noextra: -rrequirements.txt