diff --git a/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-job/requirements.dev.txt b/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-job/requirements.dev.txt
index 0cb035580..101a896ef 100644
--- a/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-job/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-job/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 black==22.6.0
 chispa
 mypy>=0.910
-pytest
+# The next release 8.2.0 of pytest breaks the unit tests
+pytest<=8.1.2
 pytest-cov
-pylint
\ No newline at end of file
+pylint
diff --git a/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-service/requirements.dev.txt b/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-service/requirements.dev.txt
index 4c8da0f39..54192dc07 100644
--- a/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-service/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/engines/pyfunc-ensembler-service/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 black==22.6.0
-pytest
+# The next release 8.2.0 of pytest breaks the unit tests
+pytest<=8.1.2
 pytest-cov
-pylint
\ No newline at end of file
+pylint
diff --git a/sdk/requirements.dev.txt b/sdk/requirements.dev.txt
index 9ab6bf66c..0a1078de0 100644
--- a/sdk/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/sdk/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ black==22.6.0
 setuptools>=21.0.0
 wheel
 twine
-pytest
+# The next release 8.2.0 of pytest breaks the unit tests
+pytest<=8.1.2
 pytest-cov
 urllib3-mock>=0.3.3
 caraml-upi-protos