diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d978ed0161e..b1335431472 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ markers = [
 ]
 log_cli = 1
 log_cli_level = "WARNING"
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 021a4d8b6fb..0c5f418fbf0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ _deps = [
     "psutil",
     "pyyaml>=5.1",
     "pydantic",
-    "pytest>=7.2.0,<8.0.0",
+    "pytest>=7.2.0",
     "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-rerunfailures",
     "pytest-timeout",
diff --git a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
index 3a3dea0b2f4..dc2b37a1928 100644
--- a/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
+++ b/src/transformers/dependency_versions_table.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ deps = {
     "psutil": "psutil",
     "pyyaml": "pyyaml>=5.1",
     "pydantic": "pydantic",
-    "pytest": "pytest>=7.2.0,<8.0.0",
+    "pytest": "pytest>=7.2.0",
     "pytest-asyncio": "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-rerunfailures": "pytest-rerunfailures",
     "pytest-timeout": "pytest-timeout",